Journal
PHYSICA SCRIPTA
Volume 91, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/91/5/053006
Keywords
quantum sensors; atom interferometry; cold atoms
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- French national agencies CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales), l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche
- Delegation Generale de l'Armement
- European Space Agency
- IFRAF (Institut Francilien de Recherche sur les Atomes Froids)
- European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) [JRP-EXL01 QESOCAS]
- Laser and Photonics in Aquitaine (APLL-CLOCK) [ANR-10-IDEX-03-02]
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The past few decades have seen dramatic progress in our ability to manipulate and coherently control matter-waves. Although the duality between particles and waves has been well tested since de Broglie introduced the matter-wave analog of the optical wavelength in 1924, manipulating atoms with a level of coherence that enables one to use these properties for precision measurements has only become possible with our ability to produce atomic samples exhibiting temperatures of only a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero. Since the initial experiments a few decades ago, the field of atom optics has developed in many ways, with both fundamental and applied significance. The exquisite control of matter waves offers the prospect of a new generation of force sensors exhibiting unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy, for applications from navigation and geophysics to tests of general relativity. Thanks to the latest developments in this field, the first commercial products using this quantum technology are now available. In the future, our ability to create large coherent ensembles of atoms will allow us an even more precise control of the matter-wave and the ability to create highly entangled states for non-classical atom interferometry.
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