Erlangen 2018 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 62: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics V

Q 62.36: Poster

Donnerstag, 8. März 2018, 16:15–18:15, Redoutensaal

Automated control-electronics for a dual species atom interferometer on a sounding rocket. — Wolfgang Bartosch, Thijs Wendrich, Ernst Maria Rasel, Wolfgang Ertmer, and •Tobias Panzier — Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover

Interferometry experiments with ultra-cold degenerate quantum gases under microgravity conditions offer possibilities to test fundamental laws of physics to unprecedented precision. The MAIUS-2/3 sounding rocket missions is planned to explore dual species atom interferometry in space. Operation on sounding rockets poses strict requirements on the mass, volume, on features like reliability and robustness of the payload and the system needs to operate autonomously. Based on our experience from the predecessor mission MAIUS-1, we improved our electronics to match the needs of a mission with two species. We had to further downsize the electronic components to fit hardware for a second species in an experiment the same size. Also we had to improve our systems to deal with the various challenges that arose from the results of the MAIUS-1 mission. In this poster we present our progress on this work.

The QUANTUS/MAIUS project is supported by the German Space Agency DLR with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) under grant number: 50WP1431.