Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Ultracold atom interferometry in space
- Maike D. Lachmann,
- Holger Ahlers,
- Dennis Becker,
- Aline N. Dinkelaker,
- Jens Grosse,
- Ortwin Hellmig,
- Hauke Müntinga,
- Vladimir Schkolnik,
- Stephan T. Seidel,
- Thijs Wendrich,
- André Wenzlawski,
- Benjamin Carrick,
- Naceur Gaaloul,
- Daniel Lüdtke,
- Claus Braxmaier,
- Wolfgang Ertmer,
- Markus Krutzik,
- Claus Lämmerzahl,
- Achim Peters,
- Wolfgang P. Schleich,
- Klaus Sengstock,
- Andreas Wicht,
- Patrick Windpassinger,
- Ernst M. Rasel
Affiliations
- Maike D. Lachmann
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Holger Ahlers
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Dennis Becker
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Aline N. Dinkelaker
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Jens Grosse
- Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen
- Ortwin Hellmig
- Institute of Laser-Physics, University Hamburg
- Hauke Müntinga
- Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen
- Vladimir Schkolnik
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Stephan T. Seidel
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Thijs Wendrich
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- André Wenzlawski
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
- Benjamin Carrick
- Institute for Software Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Naceur Gaaloul
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Daniel Lüdtke
- Institute for Software Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Claus Braxmaier
- Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen
- Wolfgang Ertmer
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- Markus Krutzik
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Claus Lämmerzahl
- Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen
- Achim Peters
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Wolfgang P. Schleich
- Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST)
- Klaus Sengstock
- Institute of Laser-Physics, University Hamburg
- Andreas Wicht
- Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
- Patrick Windpassinger
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
- Ernst M. Rasel
- Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Conducting atom-optical experiments in space is interesting for fundamental physics and challenging due to different environment compared to ground. Here the authors report matter-wave interferometry in space using atomic BECs in a sounding rocket.
