Workshop on matter-wave interferometry : from pioneering experiments to modern applications

27 juin 2019, 13:30 → 28 juin 2019, 21:30 UTC

SYRTE, observatoire de Paris

Rémi Geiger

The goal of this short workshop is to provide a historical retrospective of the different developments of matter wave interferometry (atoms, neutrons, molecules), from the first developments to modern applications. The talks by international experts of the field will present the journey from their first experiments tracing back to more than 30 years ago to nowadays projects.

This workshop represents an opportunity to meet informaly and discuss in a warm way for the persons involved in the field of matter-wave interferometry, in the nice environment of Paris Observatory.

A visit of the laboratories (atomic clock team and inertial sensor team) will be organized on Thursday at the end of the afternoon.

The workshop will end with the habilitation thesis defense of Remi Geiger on Friday afternoon and the ensuing cocktail at Paris Observatory.

The workshop is funded by CNRS, SIRTEQ (quantum technologies network in Ile de France region) and Conseil Scientifique de l'Observatoire de Paris through the PhyFOG action (fundamental physics and gravitational waves).

Map of Paris Observatory: https://www.obspm.fr/IMG/pdf/plan_paris_291117-1200.pdf

 

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presentation sirteq final 2019.pdf

jeudi 27 juin

13:30 → 14:00 Welcome | History of Paris Observatory and SYRTE

Orateur: Arnaud Landragin (SYRTE)

14:00 → 14:40 From CO2 lasers to atom interferometry

Orateur: Christian Bordé (SYRTE and Laboratory for laser physics, French academy of Science)

borde1.pdf

borde2.pdf

14:40 → 15:20 Interferometry with cold neutrons

Orateur: Hartmut Abele (Atominstitut, TU Wien)

Paris2019_Abele.pdf

15:20 → 15:50 Coffee break

15:50 → 16:30 Interferometry with atomic beams and separated arms

Orateur: Jacques Vigué (LCAR, University of Toulouse)

vigué.pptx

16:30 → 17:10 Light-pulse interferometry with cold atoms

Orateur: Mark Kasevich (Stanford University)

17:10 → 17:50 Matter-wave Interferometry with complex molecules: Quantum experiments at the interface to chemistry and biology and the classical world

Orateur: Markus Arndt (University of Vienna)

17:50 → 18:00 Short break before the lab tour

18:00 → 19:30 Lab tour: atom interferometry and optical clock teams

vendredi 28 juin

09:20 → 10:00 Testing gravity with free falling and trapped atom interferometry

Orateur: Guglielmo Tino (LENS, University of Florence)

2019.06.28_SYRTE_Paris_Tino.pdf

10:00 → 10:40 Measurements of the recoil velocity by atom interferometry

Orateur: Saïda Guellati (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne University)

guellati.pptx

10:40 → 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 → 11:50 Test of the equivalence principle and gravitational wave detection with atom interferometry

Orateur: Philippe Bouyer (LP2N, Institut d'Optique)

11:50 → 12:30 Relativistic effects in macroscopically delocalized quantum superpositions

Orateur: Albert Roura (University of Ulm)

Roura.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:30 HDR thesis defense - Atom interferometry: from fundamental physics to precision inertial measurements

Orateur: Remi Geiger (SYRTE)

16:30 → 21:30 Cocktail