Quantum physics in space
Year: 2022
Authors: Belenchia A., Carlesso M., Bayraktar T.Z., Dequal D., Derkach I., Gasbarri G., Herr W., Li Y.L., Rademacher M., Sidhu J., Oi D.K.L., Seidel S.T., Kaltenbaek R., Marquardt C., Ulbricht H., Usenko V.C., Wtzrner L., Xuereb A., Paternostro M., Bassi A.
Autors Affiliation: Univ Tubingen, Inst Theoret Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Math & Phys, Ctr Theoret Atom Mol & Opt Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland; Max Planck Inst Sci Light, Staudtstr 2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany; Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Opt Informat & Photon, Staudtstr 7,B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Telecommun & Nav Unit, Matera, Italy; Palacky Univ 17, Dept Opt, 17 Listopadu 12, Olomouc 77900, Czech Republic; Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Fis, Fis Teor Informacio & Fenomens Quant, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain; Univ Southampton, Sch Phys & Astron, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England; Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Satellitengeodasie & Inertialsensorik SI, Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt eV DLR, Vorlaufige Anschrift DLR SI, Callinstr 36, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Quantenopt, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England; Univ Strathclyde, SUPA Dept Phys, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland; Airbus Def & Space GmbH, Robert Koch Str 1, D-82024 Taufkirchen, Germany; Univ Ljubljana, Fac Math & Phys, Jadranska Ul 19, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia; Austrian Acad Sci, Inst Quantum Opt & Quantum Informat, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; Univ Bremen, ZARM, Fallturm 2, D-28359 Bremen, Germany; Inst Quantentechnol QT, Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt eV DLR, Soflinger Str 100, D-89077 Ulm, Germany; Univ Malta, Dept Phys, MSD-2080 Msida, Malta; Univ Trieste, Dept Phys, Str Costiera 11, I-34151 Trieste, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Trieste Sect, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy; Natl Inst Opt, CNR, Res Unit Trieste, Str Statale 14, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Abstract: Advances in quantum technologies are giving rise to a revolution in the way fundamental physics questions are explored at the empirical level. At the same time, they are the seeds for future disruptive technological applications of quantum physics. Remarkably, a space-based environment may open many new avenues for exploring and employing quantum physics and technologies. Recently, space missions employing quantum technologies for fundamental or applied studies have been proposed and implemented with stunning results. The combination of quantum physics and its space application is the focus of this review: we cover both the fundamental scientific questions that can be tackled with quantum technologies in space and the possible implementation of these technologies for a variety of academic and commercial purposes. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
Journal/Review: PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume: 951 Pages from: 1 to: 70
More Information: The present review is one of the major outcomes of the coordination activities of the COST Action QTSpace, whose goal is to promote research and collaborations for the development of Quantum Technologies for Space applications, and for the study of fundamental physics in Space. All the authors acknowledge partial support from COST Action QTSpace (CA15220).A. Belenchia acknowledges support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) project number BR 5221/4-1, the MSCA project pERFEcTO (Grant No. 795782).G. Gasbarri acknowledges support from the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, project PID2019-107609GB-I00, Spanish MINECO FIS2016-80681-P (AEI/FEDER, UE), Generalitat de Catalunya CIRIT 2017-SGR-1127, from QuantERA grant C’MON-QSENS!, by Spanish MICINN PCI2019-111869-2, and the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2016-046)W. Herr acknowledges financial support from the German Space Agency (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) due to an enactment of the German Bundestag under Grant No. DLR 50WM1952 ’’QUANTUS-V Fallturm’’ and from Niedersachsisches Vorab through the Quantum-and Nano-Metrology (QUANOMET) initiative within the project QT3 as well as through Forderung von Wissenschaft und Technik in Forschung und Lehre for the initial funding of research in the new DLR-SI. Additionally W. Herr acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Reasearch Foundation) -project-ID 434617780 – SFB 1464 TerraQ and under Germany’s Excellence Strategy -project-ID 390837967 – EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers.Y.L. Li acknowledges financial support from a Royal Academy of Engineering Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: ICRF1920-3-10.M. Ra demacher acknowledges funding from the EPSRC Grant No. EP/S000267/1.R. Kaltenbaek acknowledges support by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (projects 854036 and 865996) and by the Slovenian Research Agency (research projects N1-0180, J2-2514, J1-9145 and P1-0125).L. Woerner acknowledges financial support through the newly funded DLR institutes, DLR-QT and DLR-GK and the DLR ’Wettbewerb der Visionen’ through the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).A. Xuereb is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 732894 (FET-Proactive HOT) and grant agreement No 101004341 (QUANGO), by the NATO Science for Peace and Security programme under grant agreement No G5485 (SEQUEL), and by the Julian Schwinger Foundation (TOM).M. Paternostro is supported by the DfE-SFI Investigator Programme (grant 15/IA/2864), the Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship (RSWFR3183013) and the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (grant nr. RGP-2018-266).A. Bassi acknowledges financial support from the INFN, the University of Trieste and the support by grant number (FQXi-RFP-CPW-2002) from the Foundational Questions Institute and Fetzer Franklin Fund, a donor advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.M. Carlesso, H. Ulbricht, M. Paternostro and A. Bassi are supported by the H2020 FET Project TEQ (Grant No. 766900).M. Carlesso and M. Paternostro acknowledge support from UK EPSRC (grant nr. EP/T028106/1).I. Derkach and V.C. Usenko acknowledge support from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme project CiViQ (grant agreement no. 820466) and from the project 19-23739S of the Czech Science Foundation.J.S. Sidhu and D.K.L. Oi acknowledge the support of EPSRC via the Quantum Communications Hub through grant number EP/T001011/1. D.K.L. Oi also acknowledges EPSRC grant EP/T517288/1.KeyWords: Quantum technology; Space; Quantum physicsDOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2021.11.004Citations: 48data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2025-01-12References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)