In collaboration with researchers from Germany, France and UK, Prof. Ernst M. Rasel and Prof. Philippe Bouyer have recently published a perspective article in Nature Reviews Physics about Taking atom interferometric quantum sensors from the laboratory to real-world applications, which has been selected for a special collection celebrating the journal’s first anniversary.
The paper reviews the great potential of high-precision quantum sensors based on atom interferometry for applications in fundamental physics, metrology and gravimetry as well as current efforts to extend this range of applications to geophysics, space-borne Earth observation, prospecting underground resources and navigation. These are paradigmatic examples where quantum technologies relying on ultracold atoms are exploited for fundamental research and for future real-world commercial products.