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.
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- Organisationseinheit(en)
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Institut für Quantenoptik
Quantum Sensing
Fachgebiet Architekturen und Systeme
QuantumFrontiers
- Externe Organisation(en)
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Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM)
Universität Bremen
DLR-Institut für Satellitengeodäsie und Inertialsensorik
Universität Ulm
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
Universität Hamburg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
DLR-Instituts für Softwaretechnologie
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- Microgravity Science and Technology
- Band
- 35
- ISSN
- 0938-0108
- Publikationsdatum
- 07.09.2023
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeiner Maschinenbau, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie, Angewandte Mathematik, Modellierung und Simulation
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-023-10068-7 (Zugang:
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