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Atom interferometers measure quantum interference patterns in the wave functions of cold atoms that follow superpositions of different space-time trajectories. These can be sensitive to phase shifts induced by fundamental physics processes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-16 Oliver Buchmueller , John Ellis , Ulrich Schneider

The high inertial sensitivity of atom interferometers has been used to build accelerometers and gyrometers but this sensitivity makes these interferometers very sensitive to the laboratory seismic noise. This seismic noise induces a phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Alain Miffre , Marion Jacquey , Matthias Büchner , Gérard Trénec , Jacques Vigué

Atom interferometers are very sensitive to accelerations and rotations. This property, which has some very interesting applications, induces a deleterious phase noise due to the seismic noise of the laboratory and this phase noise is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 A. Miffre , M. Jacquey , M. Büchner , G. Trénec , J. Vigué

Light-pulse atom interferometers rely on the wave nature of matter and its manipulation with coherent laser pulses. They are used for precise gravimetry and inertial sensing as well as for accurate measurements of fundamental constants.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-02 Stephan Kleinert , Endre Kajari , Albert Roura , Wolfgang P. Schleich

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 cold atom interferometry have cleared the path for space applications of quantum inertial sensors, whose level of stability is expected to increase dramatically with the longer interrogation times accessible in space. In…

This work introduces a geometrical method for analyzing transient gravitational waves recorded at interferometric observatories. This approach is intended to aid in assessing the performance and sensitivity of next-generation detector…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 Osvaldo M. Moreschi

Atom interferometers have been developed in the last three decades as new powerful tools to investigate gravity. They were used for measuring the gravity acceleration, the gravity gradient, and the gravity-field curvature, for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-06 Guglielmo M. Tino

Quantum metrology is the science that aims to achieve precision measurements by making use of quantum principles. Attribute to the well-developed techniques of manipulating and detecting cold atoms, cold atomic systems provide an excellent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Jiahao Huang , Shuyuan Wu , Honghua Zhong , Chaohong Lee

The scope of the paper is to propose different concepts for future space gravity missions using Cold Atom Interferometers (CAI) for measuring the diagonal elements of the gravity gradient tensor, the spacecraft angular velocity and the…

Cold-atom interferometry is a powerful tool for high-precision measurements of the quantum properties of atoms, many-body interactions and gravity. Further enhancement of sensitivity and reduction of complexity of these devices are crucial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 Jovana Petrovic , Ivan Herrera , Pietro Lombardi , Francesco S. Cataliotti

The comprehension of quantum phase transitions (QPTs) is considered as a critical foothold in the field of many-body physics. Developing protocols to effectively identify and understand QPTs thus represents a key but challenging task for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Xiangbei Li , Yaoming Chu , Shaoliang Zhang , Jianming Cai

We illustrate how geometric gauge forces and topological phase effects emerge in quantum systems without employing assumptions that rely on adiabaticity. We show how geometric magnetism may be harnessed to engineer novel quantum devices…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Bernard Zygelman

Attempts to understand zero temperature phase transitions have forced physicists to consider a regime where the standard paradigms of condensed matter physics break down [1-4]. These quantum critical systems lack a simple description in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-04 Kaden R. A. Hazzard , Erich J. Mueller

An atom interferometer using a Bose-Einstein condensate of $^{87}$Rb atoms is utilized for the measurement of magnetic field gradients. Composite optical pulses are used to construct a spatially symmetric Mach-Zehnder geometry. Using a…

The goal of this article is to review developments regarding the use of ultra-cold atoms as quantum simulators. Special emphasis is placed on relativistic quantum phenomena, which are presumably most interesting for the audience of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-13 Ralf Schützhold

We study a space-based gravity gradiometer based on cold atom interferometry and its potential for the Earth's gravitational field mapping. The instrument architecture has been proposed in [Carraz et al., Microgravity Science and Technology…

We discuss the particle-physics discovery potential of ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers. With the use of pulsed magnetic fields, current and future gravitational-wave interferometers could not only be utilized to observe…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-02 Babette Döbrich , Holger Gies

The techniques of laser cooling combined with atom interferometry make possible the realization of very sensitive and accurate inertial sensors like gyroscopes or accelerometers. Besides earth-based developments, the use of these techniques…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-08-29 Arnaud Landragin , Franck Pereira Dos Santos

The gravimeter based on atom interferometry has potentially wide applications on building the gravity networks, geophysics as well as gravity assisted navigation. Here, we demonstrate experimentally a portable atom gravimeter operating in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Bin Chen , Jinbao Long , Hongtai Xie , Chenyang Li , Luokan Chen , Bonan Jiang , Shuai Chen