Taking atom interferometric quantum sensors from the laboratory to real-world applications

K Bongs, M Holynski, J Vovrosh, P Bouyer… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Since the first proof-of-principle experiments over 25 years ago, atom interferometry has
matured to a versatile tool that can be used in fundamental research in particle physics …

Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Observation of a gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effect

C Overstreet, P Asenbaum, J Curti, M Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Gravity curves space and time. This can lead to proper time differences between freely
falling, nonlocal trajectories. A spatial superposition of a massive particle is predicted to be …

Matter-wave atomic gradiometer interferometric sensor (MAGIS-100)

M Abe, P Adamson, M Borcean… - Quantum Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
MAGIS-100 is a next-generation quantum sensor under construction at Fermilab that aims to
explore fundamental physics with atom interferometry over a 100 m baseline. This novel …

Measurement of the fine-structure constant as a test of the Standard Model

RH Parker, C Yu, W Zhong, B Estey, H Müller - Science, 2018 - science.org
Measurements of the fine-structure constant α require methods from across subfields and
are thus powerful tests of the consistency of theory and experiment in physics. Using the …

Atom-Interferometric Test of the Equivalence Principle at the Level

P Asenbaum, C Overstreet, M Kim, J Curti… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We use a dual-species atom interferometer with 2 s of free-fall time to measure the relative
acceleration between Rb 85 and Rb 87 wave packets in the Earth's gravitational field …

Gravitationally induced entanglement between two massive particles is sufficient evidence of quantum effects in gravity

C Marletto, V Vedral - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
All existing quantum-gravity proposals are extremely hard to test in practice. Quantum effects
in the gravitational field are exceptionally small, unlike those in the electromagnetic field …

A blueprint for demonstrating quantum supremacy with superconducting qubits

C Neill, P Roushan, K Kechedzhi, S Boixo, SV Isakov… - Science, 2018 - science.org
A key step toward demonstrating a quantum system that can address difficult problems in
physics and chemistry will be performing a computation beyond the capabilities of any …

Measurement of gravitational coupling between millimetre-sized masses

T Westphal, H Hepach, J Pfaff, M Aspelmeyer - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Gravity is the weakest of all known fundamental forces and poses some of the most
important open questions to modern physics: it remains resistant to unification within the …

Collective-mode enhanced matter-wave optics

C Deppner, W Herr, M Cornelius, P Stromberger… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
In contrast to light, matter-wave optics of quantum gases deals with interactions even in free
space and for ensembles comprising millions of atoms. We exploit these interactions in a …