Taking atom interferometric quantum sensors from the laboratory to real-world applications

K Bongs, M Holynski, J Vovrosh, P Bouyer… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Since the first proof-of-principle experiments over 25 years ago, atom interferometry has
matured to a versatile tool that can be used in fundamental research in particle physics …

Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Observation of Bose–Einstein condensates in an Earth-orbiting research lab

DC Aveline, JR Williams, ER Elliott, C Dutenhoffer… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum mechanics governs the microscopic world, where low mass and momentum reveal
a natural wave–particle duality. Magnifying quantum behaviour to macroscopic scales is a …

Space-borne Bose–Einstein condensation for precision interferometry

D Becker, MD Lachmann, ST Seidel, H Ahlers… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Owing to the low-gravity conditions in space, space-borne laboratories enable experiments
with extended free-fall times. Because Bose–Einstein condensates have an extremely low …

Collective-mode enhanced matter-wave optics

C Deppner, W Herr, M Cornelius, P Stromberger… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
In contrast to light, matter-wave optics of quantum gases deals with interactions even in free
space and for ensembles comprising millions of atoms. We exploit these interactions in a …

Quantum mechanical stabilization of a collapsing Bose-Bose mixture

DS Petrov - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
According to the mean-field theory a condensed Bose-Bose mixture collapses when the
interspecies attraction becomes stronger than the geometrical average of the intraspecies …

Absolute marine gravimetry with matter-wave interferometry

Y Bidel, N Zahzam, C Blanchard, A Bonnin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Measuring gravity from an aircraft or a ship is essential in geodesy, geophysics, mineral and
hydrocarbon exploration, and navigation. Today, only relative sensors are available for …

Quantum superposition at the half-metre scale

T Kovachy, P Asenbaum, C Overstreet, CA Donnelly… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The quantum superposition principle allows massive particles to be delocalized over distant
positions. Though quantum mechanics has proved adept at describing the microscopic …

Colloquium: Atomtronic circuits: From many-body physics to quantum technologies

L Amico, D Anderson, M Boshier, JP Brantut… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Atomtronics is an emerging field that aims to manipulate ultracold atom moving in matter-
wave circuits for fundamental studies in both quantum science and technological …

[HTML][HTML] AEDGE: atomic experiment for dark matter and gravity exploration in space

YA El-Neaj, C Alpigiani, S Amairi-Pyka, H Araújo… - EPJ Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
We propose in this White Paper a concept for a space experiment using cold atoms to
search for ultra-light dark matter, and to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range …