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 …

Testing gravity with cold atom interferometry: results and prospects

GM Tino - Quantum Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Exploring gravity with the MIGA large scale atom interferometer

B Canuel, A Bertoldi, L Amand, E Pozzo di Borgo… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
We present the MIGA experiment, an underground long baseline atom interferometer to
study gravity at large scale. The hybrid atom-laser antenna will use several atom …

Precision gravity tests and the Einstein equivalence principle

GM Tino, L Cacciapuoti, S Capozziello… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020 - Elsevier
General Relativity is today the best theory of gravity addressing a wide range of phenomena.
Our understanding of physical laws, from cosmology to local scales, cannot be properly …

Momentum entanglement for atom interferometry

F Anders, A Idel, P Feldmann, D Bondarenko… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Compared to light interferometers, the flux in cold-atom interferometers is low and the
associated shot noise is large. Sensitivities beyond these limitations require the preparation …

Quantum formulation of the Einstein equivalence principle

M Zych, Č Brukner - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
The validity of just a few physical conditions comprising the Einstein equivalence principle
(EEP) suffices to ensure that gravity can be understood as spacetime geometry. The EEP is …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum physics in space

A Belenchia, M Carlesso, Ö Bayraktar, D Dequal… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in quantum technologies are giving rise to a revolution in the way fundamental
physics questions are explored at the empirical level. At the same time, they are the seeds …

Gravitational redshift in quantum-clock interferometry

A Roura - Physical review X, 2020 - APS
The creation of delocalized coherent superpositions of quantum systems experiencing
different relativistic effects is an important milestone in future research at the interface of …

MICROSCOPE's view at gravitation

J Bergé - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The weak equivalence principle (WEP) is the cornerstone of general relativity (GR). Testing
it is thus a natural way to confront GR to experiments, which has been pursued for four …