Pathfinder experiments with atom interferometry in the Cold Atom Lab onboard the International Space Station.

Autor: Williams JR; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA. jrwillia@jpl.nasa.gov., Sackett CA; Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA. cas8m@virginia.edu., Ahlers H; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, 30167, Hannover, Germany., Aveline DC; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Boegel P; Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany., Botsi S; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Charron E; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, F-91405, Orsay, France., Elliott ER; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Gaaloul N; Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Hanover, Germany., Giese E; Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Physik, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Darmstadt, Germany., Herr W; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, 30167, Hannover, Germany., Kellogg JR; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Kohel JM; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Lay NE; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Meister M; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies, 89081, Ulm, Germany., Müller G; Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Hanover, Germany., Müller H; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA., Oudrhiri K; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Phillips L; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Pichery A; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, F-91405, Orsay, France.; Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Hanover, Germany., Rasel EM; Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Hanover, Germany., Roura A; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies, 89081, Ulm, Germany., Sbroscia M; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Schleich WP; Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.; Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.; Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA., Schneider C; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Schubert C; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, 30167, Hannover, Germany., Sen B; Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA., Thompson RJ; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA., Bigelow NP; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute of Optics, Center for Coherence and Quantum Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA. nbigelow@ur.rochester.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2024 Aug 13; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 6414. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 13.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50585-6
Abstrakt: Deployment of ultracold atom interferometers (AI) into space will capitalize on quantum advantages and the extended freefall of persistent microgravity to provide high-precision measurement capabilities for gravitational, Earth, and planetary sciences, and to enable searches for subtle forces signifying physics beyond General Relativity and the Standard Model. NASA's Cold Atom Lab (CAL) operates onboard the International Space Station as a multi-user facility for fundamental studies of ultracold atoms and to mature space-based quantum technologies. We report on pathfinding experiments utilizing ultracold 87 Rb atoms in the CAL AI. A three-pulse Mach-Zehnder interferometer was studied to understand the influence of ISS vibrations. Additionally, Ramsey shear-wave interferometry was used to manifest interference patterns in a single run that were observable for over 150 ms free-expansion time. Finally, the CAL AI was used to remotely measure the Bragg laser photon recoil as a demonstration of the first quantum sensor using matter-wave interferometry in space.
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