Controlling a Bose-Einstein Condensate in Space: Towards Space Based Atom Interferometry

ORAL

Abstract

We describe recent experimental work aboard the International Space Station using the NASA facility CAL, the Cold Atom Laboratory. We will describe significant progress on quantum gas manipulation in microgravity using short cuts to adiabaticity (STA) protocols and on delta kick cooling (DKC) in Space. We describe our success in the context of enabling high performance atom interferometry in space.

*This work was supported by NASA German Space Agency (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economic Af- fairs and Energy (BMWi) due to an enactment of the German Bun- destag under Grant No. 50WM1861/2, and by “Niedersächsisches Vorab” through the QUANOMET initiative-project QT3, and finan- cial support from NASA through CUAS RSAs including 1585910

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Authors

  • Nicholas Bigelow

    • University of Rochester

  • Naceur Gaaloul

    • Institut of Quantrum Optics, Leibiz University of hannover
    • Institut für Quantenop- tik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

  • Matthias Meister

    • Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, Germany

  • Annie Pichery

    • Institut für Quantenop- tik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, France

  • Waldemar Herr

    • Institut für Quantenop- tik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

  • Ernst M. Rasel

    • Institut of Quantrum Optics, Leibiz University of hannover
    • LUH & DLR
    • Institut für Quantenop- tik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics

  • Wolfgang P. Schleich

    • UUlm & DLR
    • Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, Germany
    • Ulm University \& Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    • Ulm University; Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  • Robin Corgier

    • Institut of Quantrum Optics, Leibiz University of hannover
    • Institut für Quantenop- tik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

  • Patrick Boegel

    • Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, Germany
    • Ulm University

  • Robert Thompson

    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA

  • Jason Williams

    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA