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Precision interferometry with quantum states has emerged as an essential tool for experimentally answering fundamental questions in physics. Optical quantum interferometers are of particular interest due to mature methods for generating and…

We examine the prospects of utilizing matter-wave Fabry-P\'{e}rot interferometers for enhanced inertial sensing applications. Our study explores such tunneling-based sensors for the measurement of accelerations in two configurations: (a) a…

We investigate an atom interferometer in which large momentum differences between the arms are obtained by using quantum resonances in the atom optics $\delta$-kicked rotor. The interferometer can potentially measure the Talbot time (from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-28 Boris Daszuta , Mikkel F. Andersen

Entangled many-body states enable high-precision quantum sensing beyond the standard quantum limit. We develop interferometric sensing protocols based on quantum critical wavefunctions and compare their performance with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Yinan Chen , Sara Murciano , Pablo Sala , Jason Alicea

Matter-wave interferometers have fundamental applications for gravity experiments such as testing the equivalence principle and the quantum nature of gravity. In addition, matter-wave interferometers can be used as quantum sensors to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-30 Meng-Zhi Wu , Marko Toroš , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

Recent advances in glass fabrication technology have allowed for the development of high-precision inertial sensors in devices weighing in the order of grams. Gram-scale inertial sensors can be used in many applications with tight space or…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-08-13 Jonathan J. Carter , Pascal Birckigt , Oliver Gerberding , Sina M. Koehlenbeck

We present the perspective of using atom interferometry for gravitational wave (GW) detection in the mHz to about 10 Hz frequency band. We focus on light-pulse atom interferometers which have been subject to intense developments in the last…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-26 Remi Geiger

We model the dynamics of attractively interacting ultracold bosonic atoms in a quasi-one-dimensional wave-guide with additional harmonic trapping. Initially, we prepare the system in its ground state and then shift the zero of the harmonic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-12-01 Bettina Gertjerenken , Timothy P. Wiles , Christoph Weiss

A cold atom interferometer is being developed using 85Rb atoms towards a search for the dark contents of the vacuum, and as a test stand for inertial sensing applications. Here we outline the current status of the experiment and report the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-29 O. Burrow , A. Carroll , S. Chattopadhyay , J. Coleman , G. Elertas , J. Heffer , C. Metelko , R. Moore , D. Morris , M. Perl , J. Ralph , J. Tinsley

Long-term inertial navigation is currently limited by the bias drifts of gyroscopes and accelerometers and ultra-stable cold-atom interferometers offer a promising alternative for the next generation of high-end navigation systems. Here, we…

We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford $10 \text{m}$ atom interferometer presently under construction. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-22 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

Based on two-photon entanglement, quantum remote sensing enables the measurement and detection to be done non-locally and remotely. However, little attention has been paid to implement a noncontact way to sense a real objects angular…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-30 Wuhong Zhang , Dongkai Zhang , Xiaodong Qiu , Lixiang Chen

Precision sensing, and in particular high precision magnetometry, is a central goal of research into quantum technologies. For magnetometers, often trade-offs exist between sensitivity, spatial resolution, and frequency range. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 I. Baumgart , J. -M. Cai , A. Retzker , M. B. Plenio , Ch. Wunderlich

Interferometry with ultracold atoms promises the possibility of ultraprecise and ultrasensitive measurements in many fields of physics, and is the basis of our most precise atomic clocks. Key to a high sensitivity is the possibility to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-07-08 Julian Grond , Joerg Schmiedmayer , Ulrich Hohenester

Atom interferometers provide a powerful tool for measuring physical constants and testifying fundamental physics with unprecedented precision. Conventional atom interferometry focuses on the phase difference between two paths and utilizes…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-25 Peng Peng , Dekai Mao , Yi Liang , Guoling Yin , Hongmian Shui , Bo Song , Xiaoji Zhou

Compared to light interferometers, the flux in cold-atom interferometers is low and the associated shot noise large. Sensitivities beyond these limitations require the preparation of entangled atoms in different momentum modes. Here, we…

Point source atom interferometry is a promising approach for implementing robust, high-sensitivity, rotation sensors using cold atoms. However, its scale factor, i.e., the ratio between the interferometer signal and the actual rotation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-08-06 Chen Avinadav , Dimitry Yankelev , Moshe Shuker , Nir Davidson , Ofer Firstenberg

Atom interferometry is now reaching sufficient precision to motivate laboratory tests of general relativity. We begin by explaining the non-relativistic calculation of the phase shift in an atom interferometer and deriving its range of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich

Mapping the Earth's gravity field from space offers valuable insights into climate change, hydro- and biosphere evolution, and seismic activity. Current satellite gravimetry missions have demonstrated the utility of gravity data in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-06 Joao Encarnacao , Christian Siemes , Ilias Daras , Olivier Carraz , Aaron Strangfeld , Philipp Zingerle , Roland Pail

Light, weakly coupled bosonic particles such as axions can mediate long range monopole-dipole interactions between matter and spins. We propose a new experimental method using atom interferometry to detect such a force on a freely falling…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-24 Mahiro Abe , Jason M. Hogan , David E. Kaplan , Chris Overstreet , Surjeet Rajendran