Matter-Wave Interferometers

物质波干涉测量领域正在成为一个非常有前途的跨学科领域，在基础科学和量子技术/光子学/半导体欧洲工业之间的接口。MAWI的主要目标是利用超冷量子物质的精密控制来实现引导物质波干涉仪，并在物质波干涉测量和基于干涉测量方案的量子传感器等新兴领域培训年轻研究人员。MAWI的职权范围是在新的量子传感设备领域，相对于现有设备具有几个数量级的潜在灵敏度增强。实现这一目标需要培训下一代“量子干涉测量研究人员”，以广泛的主题，从基础科学到应用科学，包括实验发展和建模，与工业和新兴技术趋势有着密切的联系。我们的训练网络专注于初始超冷原子源的最佳制备与控制和引导原子的潜力的组合;它们的组合构建用于精确测量的集成引导原子干涉仪，例如，旋转和加速;以及技术进步对它们的影响。完全集成的冷原子量子器件的最终目标可能成为未来十年的主要商业工具，补充或甚至可能与光子学和半导体行业的并行发展相结合。在我们最先进的设施、互补的专业知识和技能、欧洲知名公司的参与以及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以及下一代研究领导者的培训做出持久的贡献，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.