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, volume 12 , issue 1 , publication number 1317

Ultracold atom interferometry in space

Maike Diana Lachmann ¹

Holger Ahlers ¹

Dennis Becker ¹

Aline Dinkelaker ^{2, 3}

Jens Grosse ^{4, 5}

Ortwin Hellmig ⁶

H. Müntinga ^{4, 7}

Vladimir Schkolnik ²

Stephan T Seidel ^{1, 8}

Thijs Wendrich ¹

André Wenzlawski ⁹

Benjamin Carrick ^{10, 11}

Naceur Gaaloul ¹

Daniel Lüdtke ¹⁰

Claus Braxmaier ^{4, 5}

Wolfgang Ertmer ¹

Markus Krutzik ²

Claus Lämmerzahl ⁴

Achim Peters ²

W.P. Schleich ^{12, 13, 14}

Klaus Sengstock ⁶

Andreas Wicht ¹⁵

Patrick Windpassinger ⁹

Ernst M. Rasel ¹

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Institute of Quantum Optics and QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany |

Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany |

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany |

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Center of applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany |

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Department of Enabling Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany |

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Institute of Laser-Physics, University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |

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Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany |

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Airbus Defense and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen, Germany |

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Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Mainz, Germany |

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Institute for Software Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Brunswick, Germany |

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MORABA, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling, Germany |

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Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm, Germany |

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Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany |

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Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA |

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Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-02-26

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Nature Communications

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SJR: 4.761

CiteScore: 23.4

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ISSN: 20411723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z

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Abstract

Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in free fall constitute a promising source for space-borne interferometry. Indeed, BECs enjoy a slowly expanding wave function, display a large spatial coherence and can be engineered and probed by optical techniques. Here we explore matter-wave fringes of multiple spinor components of a BEC released in free fall employing light-pulses to drive Bragg processes and induce phase imprinting on a sounding rocket. The prevailing microgravity played a crucial role in the observation of these interferences which not only reveal the spatial coherence of the condensates but also allow us to measure differential forces. Our work marks the beginning of matter-wave interferometry in space with future applications in fundamental physics, navigation and earth observation. 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.

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Lachmann M. D. et al. Ultracold atom interferometry in space // Nature Communications. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. 1317

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Lachmann M. D., Ahlers H., Becker D., Dinkelaker A., Grosse J., Hellmig O., Müntinga H., Schkolnik V., Seidel S. T., Wendrich T., Wenzlawski A., Carrick B., Gaaloul N., Lüdtke D., Braxmaier C., Ertmer W., Krutzik M., Lämmerzahl C., Peters A., Schleich W., Sengstock K., Wicht A., Windpassinger P., Rasel E. M. Ultracold atom interferometry in space // Nature Communications. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. 1317

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DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z

TI - Ultracold atom interferometry in space

T2 - Nature Communications

AU - Lachmann, Maike Diana

AU - Ahlers, Holger

AU - Becker, Dennis

AU - Dinkelaker, Aline

AU - Grosse, Jens

AU - Hellmig, Ortwin

AU - Müntinga, H.

AU - Schkolnik, Vladimir

AU - Seidel, Stephan T

AU - Wendrich, Thijs

AU - Wenzlawski, André

AU - Carrick, Benjamin

AU - Gaaloul, Naceur

AU - Lüdtke, Daniel

AU - Braxmaier, Claus

AU - Ertmer, Wolfgang

AU - Krutzik, Markus

AU - Lämmerzahl, Claus

AU - Peters, Achim

AU - Schleich, W.P.

AU - Sengstock, Klaus

AU - Wicht, Andreas

AU - Windpassinger, Patrick

AU - Rasel, Ernst M.

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/02/26

PB - Springer Nature

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VL - 12

PMID - 33637769

SN - 2041-1723

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@article{2021_Lachmann,

author = {Maike Diana Lachmann and Holger Ahlers and Dennis Becker and Aline Dinkelaker and Jens Grosse and Ortwin Hellmig and H. Müntinga and Vladimir Schkolnik and Stephan T Seidel and Thijs Wendrich and André Wenzlawski and Benjamin Carrick and Naceur Gaaloul and Daniel Lüdtke and Claus Braxmaier and Wolfgang Ertmer and Markus Krutzik and Claus Lämmerzahl and Achim Peters and W.P. Schleich and Klaus Sengstock and Andreas Wicht and Patrick Windpassinger and Ernst M. Rasel},

title = {Ultracold atom interferometry in space},

journal = {Nature Communications},

year = {2021},

volume = {12},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {feb},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z},

number = {1},

pages = {1317},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-021-21628-z}

}

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Nature Communications

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