Matter-Wave Interferometers

物质波干涉测量是基础科学与量子技术/光子学/半导体工业之间的一个非常有前途的跨学科领域。MAWI的主要目标是利用超冷量子物质的精细控制来实现导物质波干涉仪，并在基于干涉方案的物质波干涉测量和量子传感器等新兴领域培养年轻的研究人员。MAWI的工作范围是在新型量子传感设备领域，相对于现有设备，其潜在灵敏度提高了几个数量级。实现这一目标需要培养下一代“量子干涉测量研究人员”，从基础科学到应用科学，包括实验开发和建模，与工业和新兴技术趋势有很强的联系。我们的训练网络侧重于结合初始超冷原子源和势的最佳制备来控制和引导原子；他们的结合，以建立集成制导原子干涉仪的精密测量，例如，旋转和加速度；以及朝着小型化方向发展的技术进步。完全集成的冷原子量子器件的最终目标可能在未来十年成为主要的商业工具，与光子学和半导体工业的并行发展相补充，甚至可能混合。在我们最先进的设施、互补的专业知识和技能、知名欧洲公司的参与和广泛的外部合作伙伴的支持下，我们准备为集成物质波架构的科学和技术发展做出持久的贡献，并为培养下一代研究领导者做出贡献，他们将推动量子技术的发展，甚至超出我们目前的预期。

The field of matter-wave interferometry is emerging as a highly-promising interdisciplinary field, at the interface between fundamental science and quantum technologies/photonics/semiconductor European industry. The primary goals of MAWI are to use the exquisite control of ultracold quantum matter to implement guided matter-wave interferometers and to train young researchers in the emerging fields of matter-wave interferometry and quantum sensors based on interferometric schemes. The remit of MAWI is in the area of novel quantum sensing devices, with potential sensitivity enhancement of several orders of magnitude with respect to existing devices. Achieving this goal requires training the next generation of "quantum interferometry researchers" to a broad range of topics from fundamental to applied science, including both experimental developments and modelling, with strong connections to industry and emerging technological trends. Our training network focuses on the combination of optimal preparation of initial ultracold atomic sources and potentials to control and guide the atoms; their combination to build integrated guided atom interferometers for precision measurements, e.g., of rotations and accelerations; and technological advances towards their miniaturisation. The end goal of a fully-integrated cold atom quantum device could become a major commercial tool in the coming decade, complementing, or potentially even hybridising with, parallel developments in the photonics and semiconductor industries. Supported by our state-of-the-art facilities, our complementary expertise and skills, the participation of well-known European companies and a broad range of established external partners, we are poised to make lasting contributions to the scientific and technological developments of integrated matter-wave architectures and to the training of the next generation of research leaders who will propel quantum technologies even beyond our current expectations.