Technology roadmap for cold-atoms based quantum inertial sensor in space

authored by: Sven Abend, Baptiste Allard, Aidan S. Arnold, Ticijana Ban, Liam Barry, Baptiste Battelier, Ahmad Bawamia, Quentin Beaufils, Simon Bernon, Andrea Bertoldi, Alexis Bonnin, Philippe Bouyer, Alexandre Bresson, Oliver S. Burrow, Benjamin Canuel, Bruno Desruelle, Giannis Drougakis, René Forsberg, Naceur Gaaloul, Alexandre Gauguet, Matthias Gersemann, Paul F. Griffin, Hendrik Heine, Victoria A. Henderson, Waldemar Herr, Simon Kanthak, Markus Krutzik, Maike D. Lachmann, Roland Lammegger, Werner Magnes, Gaetano Mileti, Morgan W. Mitchell, Sergio Mottini, Dimitris Papazoglou, Franck Pereira Dos Santos, Achim Peters, Ernst Rasel, Erling Riis, Christian Schubert, Stephan Tobias Seidel, Guglielmo M. Tino, Mathias Van Den Bossche, Wolf Von Klitzing, Andreas Wicht, Marcin Witkowski, Nassim Zahzam, Michał Zawada
Abstract: Recent developments in quantum technology have resulted in a new generation of sensors for measuring inertial quantities, such as acceleration and rotation. These sensors can exhibit unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy when operated in space, where the free-fall interrogation time can be extended at will and where the environment noise is minimal. European laboratories have played a leading role in this field by developing concepts and tools to operate these quantum sensors in relevant environment, such as parabolic flights, free-fall towers, or sounding rockets. With the recent achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation on the International Space Station, the challenge is now to reach a technology readiness level sufficiently high at both component and system levels to provide "off the shelf"payload for future generations of space missions in geodesy or fundamental physics. In this roadmap, we provide an extensive review on the status of all common parts, needs, and subsystems for the application of atom-based interferometers in space, in order to push for the development of generic technology components.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
CRC 1227 Designed Quantum States of Matter (DQ-mat)
CRC 1464: Relativistic and Quantum-Based Geodesy (TerraQ)
External Organisation(s): Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3)
University of Strathclyde
Institute of Physics Zagreb
Dublin City University
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
Observatoire de Paris (OBSPARIS)
Université Paris-Saclay
University of Amsterdam
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOTA)
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH)
Technical University of Denmark
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Graz University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Universite de Neuchatel
ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
Thales
Airbus Group
University of Florence (UniFi)
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Universite de Bordeaux
Type: Article
Journal: AVS Quantum Science
Volume: 5
No. of pages: 31
Publication date: 03.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Networks and Communications, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1116/5.0098119 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{e78bab7f3a754f83b225443df24c76cc,
title = "Technology roadmap for cold-atoms based quantum inertial sensor in space",
abstract = "Recent developments in quantum technology have resulted in a new generation of sensors for measuring inertial quantities, such as acceleration and rotation. These sensors can exhibit unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy when operated in space, where the free-fall interrogation time can be extended at will and where the environment noise is minimal. European laboratories have played a leading role in this field by developing concepts and tools to operate these quantum sensors in relevant environment, such as parabolic flights, free-fall towers, or sounding rockets. With the recent achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation on the International Space Station, the challenge is now to reach a technology readiness level sufficiently high at both component and system levels to provide {"}off the shelf{"}payload for future generations of space missions in geodesy or fundamental physics. In this roadmap, we provide an extensive review on the status of all common parts, needs, and subsystems for the application of atom-based interferometers in space, in order to push for the development of generic technology components.",
author = "Sven Abend and Baptiste Allard and Arnold, {Aidan S.} and Ticijana Ban and Liam Barry and Baptiste Battelier and Ahmad Bawamia and Quentin Beaufils and Simon Bernon and Andrea Bertoldi and Alexis Bonnin and Philippe Bouyer and Alexandre Bresson and Burrow, {Oliver S.} and Benjamin Canuel and Bruno Desruelle and Giannis Drougakis and Ren{\'e} Forsberg and Naceur Gaaloul and Alexandre Gauguet and Matthias Gersemann and Griffin, {Paul F.} and Hendrik Heine and Henderson, {Victoria A.} and Waldemar Herr and Simon Kanthak and Markus Krutzik and Lachmann, {Maike D.} and Roland Lammegger and Werner Magnes and Gaetano Mileti and Mitchell, {Morgan W.} and Sergio Mottini and Dimitris Papazoglou and {Pereira Dos Santos}, Franck and Achim Peters and Ernst Rasel and Erling Riis and Christian Schubert and Seidel, {Stephan Tobias} and Tino, {Guglielmo M.} and {Van Den Bossche}, Mathias and {Von Klitzing}, Wolf and Andreas Wicht and Marcin Witkowski and Nassim Zahzam and Micha{\l} Zawada",
note = "Funding Information: Members of Leibniz Universit{\"a}t Hannover, Institut f{\"u}r Quantenoptik acknowledge financial support from the German Space Agency (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) due to an enactment of the German Bundestag under Grant No. DLR 50WM1952 “QUANTUS-V Fallturm,” 50WM2250A “QUANTUS+,” 50WP1431 “QUANTUS-IV MAIUS,” 50WM1947 “KACTUS II,” 50RK1957 “QGyro,” 50NA2106 “QGyro+,” 50WM2060 “CARIOQA,” 50WM1861 “CAL,” 50WM2253A “AI-quadrat” and from “Nieders{\"a}chsisches Vorab” through the “Quantum- and Nano-Metrology (QUANOMET)” initiative within the project QT3. Additionally, they acknowledge support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)—project-ID 434617780–SFB 1464 TerraQ within the projects A01, A02, A03,—Project-ID 274200144—SFB 1227 DQ-mat within the Projects A05, B07, B09, and under Germany's Excellence Strategy—project-ID 390837967—EXC-2123 Quantum Frontiers. Funding Information: Members of LP2N, LCAR, LNE-SYRTE, and iXBlue acknowledge support from CNES support for ICE and through R&T program. LP2N and iXBlue are affiliated to the Naquidis Center for Quantum technologies. Members of LP2N acknowledge financial support from the “Agence Nationale pour la Recherche” (grant EOSBECMR No. ANR-18-CE91-0003-01 and grant MIGA No. ANR-11-EQPX-0028). Funding Information: P.B. acknowledges support by the Dutch National Growth Fund (NGF), as part of the Quantum Delta NL programme. Funding Information: M.W.M. acknowledges support from NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1), Generalitat de Catalunya Severo Ochoa: Center of Excellence CEX2019-000910-S, CERCA program, AGAUR Grant No. 2017-SGR-1354, project SAPONARIA (PID2021-123813NB-I00) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, Fundaci{\'o} Privada Cellex; Fundaci{\'o} Mir-Puig. ",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1116/5.0098119",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
journal = "AVS Quantum Science",
issn = "2639-0213",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "1",
}