A Dual-Species Atom Interferometer Payload for Operation on Sounding Rockets

authored by: Michael Elsen, Baptist Piest, Fabian Adam, Oliver Anton, Paweł Arciszewski, Wolfgang Bartosch, Dennis Becker, Jonas Böhm, Sören Boles, Klaus Döringshoff, Priyanka Guggilam, Ortwin Hellmig, Isabell Imwalle, Simon Kanthak, Christian Kürbis, Matthias Koch, Maike Diana Lachmann, Moritz Mihm, Hauke Müntinga, Ayush Mani Nepal, Tim Oberschulte, Peter Ohr, Alexandros Papakonstantinou, Arnau Prat, Christian Reichelt, Jan Sommer, Christian Spindeldreier, Marvin Warner, Thijs Wendrich, André Wenzlawski, Holger Blume, Claus Braxmaier, Daniel Lüdtke, Achim Peters, Ernst Maria Rasel, Klaus Sengstock, Andreas Wicht, Patrick Windpassinger, Jens Grosse, Kai Bleeke
Abstract: We report on the design and the construction of a sounding rocket payload capable of performing atom interferometry with Bose-Einstein condensates of \(^{41}\)K and \(^{87}\)Rb. The apparatus is designed to be launched in two consecutive missions with a VSB-30 sounding rocket and is qualified to withstand the expected vibrational loads of 1.8 g root-mean-square in a frequency range between 20 - 2000 Hz and the expected static loads during ascent and re-entry of 25 g. We present a modular design of the scientific payload comprising a physics package, a laser system, an electronics system and a battery module. A dedicated on-board software provides a largely automated process of predefined experiments. To operate the payload safely in laboratory and flight mode, a thermal control system and ground support equipment has been implemented and will be presented. The payload presented here represents a cornerstone for future applications of matter wave interferometry with ultracold atoms on satellites.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
Quantum Sensing
Architectures and Systems Section
QuantumFrontiers
External Organisation(s): Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM)
University of Bremen
DLR-Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing
Ulm University
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
Universität Hamburg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
DLR-Institute for Software Technology
Type: Article
Journal: Microgravity Science and Technology
Volume: 35
ISSN: 0938-0108
Publication date: 07.09.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Engineering(all), Physics and Astronomy(all), Applied Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-023-10068-7 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{6273cdc4cf104afea8c87573d9ad2b39,
title = "A Dual-Species Atom Interferometer Payload for Operation on Sounding Rockets",
abstract = "We report on the design and the construction of a sounding rocket payload capable of performing atom interferometry with Bose-Einstein condensates of \(^{41}\)K and \(^{87}\)Rb. The apparatus is designed to be launched in two consecutive missions with a VSB-30 sounding rocket and is qualified to withstand the expected vibrational loads of 1.8 g root-mean-square in a frequency range between 20 - 2000 Hz and the expected static loads during ascent and re-entry of 25 g. We present a modular design of the scientific payload comprising a physics package, a laser system, an electronics system and a battery module. A dedicated on-board software provides a largely automated process of predefined experiments. To operate the payload safely in laboratory and flight mode, a thermal control system and ground support equipment has been implemented and will be presented. The payload presented here represents a cornerstone for future applications of matter wave interferometry with ultracold atoms on satellites.",
keywords = "physics.atom-ph, Atom interferometry, Atom optics, Sounding rocket, Quantum optics, Microgravity, Bose-Einstein condensate",
author = "Michael Elsen and Baptist Piest and Fabian Adam and Oliver Anton and Pawe{\l} Arciszewski and Wolfgang Bartosch and Dennis Becker and Jonas B{\"o}hm and S{\"o}ren Boles and Klaus D{\"o}ringshoff and Priyanka Guggilam and Ortwin Hellmig and Isabell Imwalle and Simon Kanthak and Christian K{\"u}rbis and Matthias Koch and Lachmann, {Maike Diana} and Moritz Mihm and Hauke M{\"u}ntinga and Nepal, {Ayush Mani} and Tim Oberschulte and Peter Ohr and Alexandros Papakonstantinou and Arnau Prat and Christian Reichelt and Jan Sommer and Christian Spindeldreier and Marvin Warner and Thijs Wendrich and Andr{\'e} Wenzlawski and Holger Blume and Claus Braxmaier and Daniel L{\"u}dtke and Achim Peters and Rasel, {Ernst Maria} and Klaus Sengstock and Andreas Wicht and Patrick Windpassinger and Jens Grosse and Kai Bleeke",
note = "Funding Information: The QUANTUS IV - MAIUS project is a collaboration of Zentrum f{\"u}r angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation Bremen, Leibniz Universit{\"a}t Hannover, Humboldt-Universit{\"a}t zu Berlin, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit{\"a}t Mainz and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut f{\"u}r H{\"o}chstfrequenztechnik. It is supported by the German Space Agency DLR with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for economic affairs and climate action (BMWK) under grant number DLR 50WP 1431-1435. We acknowledge support from Deutsches Zentrum f{\"u}r Luft- und Raumfahrt - Raumfahrtbetrieb, Oberpfaffenhofen, Deutsches Zentrum f{\"u}r Luft- und Raumfahrt - Simulations- und Softwaretechnik, Braunschweig. Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy - EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers - 390837967 ",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1007/s12217-023-10068-7",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
journal = "Microgravity Science and Technology",
issn = "0938-0108",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "5",
}