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We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford 10 m atom interferometer presently under construction. Each configuration…

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Interferometric methods for detecting the motion of a levitated nanoparticle provide a route to the quantum ground state, but such methods are currently limited by mode mismatch between the reference beam and the dipolar field scattered by…

We analyze the advantages of using ultra-cold coherent sources of atoms for matter-wave interferometry in space. We present a proof-of-principle experiment that is based on an analysis of the results previously published in [Richard et al.,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Yann Le Coq , Jocelyn A. Retter , Simon Richard , Alain Aspect , Philippe Bouyer

Optomechanical systems have been attracting intensive attention in various physical experiments. With an optomechanical system, the displacement of or the force acting on a mechanical oscillator can be precisely measured by utilizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-28 Takuya Kawasaki , Kentaro Komori , Hiroki Fujimoto , Yuta Michimura , Masaki Ando

Recent theoretical work has made it plausible for neutron stars (NSs) to lose angular momentum via gravitational radiation on long timescales (around Myrs) while actively accreting. The gravitational waves (GWs) can either be emitted via…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lars Bildsten

A pulsed atom laser derived from a Bose-Einstein condensate is used to probe a second target condensate. The target condensate scatters the incident atom laser pulse. From the spatial distribution of scattered atoms, one can infer important…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-06-29 D. Döring , N. P. Robins , C. Figl , J. D. Close

Gravitational waves provide a novel and independent measurement of cosmological parameters, offering a promising avenue to address the Hubble tension alongside traditional electromagnetic observations. In the absence of electromagnetic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-02 Tom Bertheas , Vasco Gennari , Nicola Tamanini

We present theoretical and experimental results on the generation and detection of pulsed, relative-intensity squeezed light in a hot Rb87 vapor. The intensity noise correlations between a pulsed probe beam and its conjugate, generated…

Atomic interference experiments can probe the gravitational redshift via the internal energy splitting of atoms and thus give direct access to test the universality of the coupling between matter-energy and gravity at different spacetime…

We present a new idea that allows us to detect gravitational waves without being disturbed by any kind of displacement noise, based on the fact that gravitational waves and test-mass motions affect the propagations of light differently. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Seiji Kawamura , Yanbei Chen

We report on a detailed investigation of the dynamics and the saturation of a light grating stored in a sample of cold cesium atoms. We employ Bragg diffraction to retrieve the stored optical information impressed into the atomic coherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Moretti , N. Gonzalez , D. Felinto , J. W. R. Tabosa

We present a compact atomic clock interrogating ultracold 87Rb magnetically trapped on an atom chip. Very long coherence times sustained by spin self-rephasing allow us to interrogate the atomic transition with 85% contrast at 5 s Ramsey…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-07-14 Ramon Szmuk , Vincent Dugrain , Wilfried Maineult , Jakob Reichel , Peter Rosenbusch

The sensitivity of the fidelity in the kicked rotor to an acceleration is experimentally and theoretically investigated. We used a Bose-Einstein condensate exposed to a sequence of pulses from a standing light wave followed by a single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-23 R. K. Shrestha , S. Wimberger , J. Ni , W. K. Lam , G. S. Summy

We describe a method by which gravitational wave observations of eccentric binary systems could be used to test General Relativity's prediction that gravitational waves are dispersionless. We present our results in terms of the graviton…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-23 D I Jones

Probing the relative speeds of gravitational waves and light acts as an important test of General Relativity and alternative theories of gravity. Measuring the arrival time of gravitational waves and electromagnetic counterparts can be used…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Thomas E. Collett , David Bacon

We analyze the effects of sequences of standing wave pulses on a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). Experimental observations are in good agreement with a numerical simulation based on the band structure theory in the optical lattice. We also…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-27 Wei Xiong , Xuguang Yue , Zhongkai Wang , Xiaoji Zhou , Xuzong Chen

We demonstrate gravity compensation for an ultracold gas of $^{87}$Rb atoms with a time-averaged optical potential. The position of a far-off-resonance beam is temporally modulated with an acousto-optic deflector to efficiently produce a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Kosuke Shibata , Hidehiko Ikeda , Ryota Suzuki , Takuya Hirano

The effect of noise induced by gravitons on a Bose-Einstein condensate has been explored in (Phys. Rev. D 110 (2024) 026014; https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.026014). In the previous paper, we investigated the effects of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-06 Soham Sen , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

The possibility of using squeezed states and balanced homodyne detection of gravitational waves is discussed. It is shown that the quantum noise due to high laser intensities in Michelson interferometer for gravitational waves detection can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-06 Y. Ben-Aryeh

We describe an atom interferometer to study the coherence of atoms reflected from an evanescent wave mirror. The interferometer is sensitive to the loss of phase coherence induced by the defects in the mirror. The results are consistent…