Matter-Wave Interferometers

在基础科学和量子技术/光子学/半导体欧洲工业的交界处，物质波干涉计量学领域正在成为一个非常有前途的跨学科领域。MAWI的主要目标是利用对超冷量子物质的精细控制来实施引导物质波干涉仪，并在基于干涉方案的新兴领域培训年轻的物质波干涉术和量子传感器研究人员。Mawi的工作范围是新型量子传感器件，与现有器件相比，潜在的灵敏度提高了几个数量级。要实现这一目标，需要培训下一代“量子干涉测量学研究人员”，涉及从基础科学到应用科学的广泛课题，包括实验发展和建模，并与工业和新兴技术趋势建立密切联系。我们的培训网络侧重于将初始超冷原子源的最佳制备和控制和引导原子的电势结合起来；将它们结合起来构建用于精确测量的集成制导原子干涉仪，例如旋转和加速测量；以及朝着小型化方向发展的技术进步。全集成冷原子量子设备的最终目标可能成为未来十年的主要商业工具，补充、甚至潜在地与光电子和半导体行业的平行发展相结合。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体系结构的科学和技术发展以及为培养下一代研究领导者做出持久贡献，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.