Ultra-Cold Atoms, Ions, Molecules and Quantum Technologies / Hélène Perrin, Robin Kaiser, and Michèle Leduc, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perrin, H. (Hélène), editor.

Kaiser, R. (Robin), editor.

Leduc, Michèle, editor.

Series:

Current Natural Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Science Press, EDP Sciences, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Physicists know how to produce gases at a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The cooling methods apply not only to atoms but also to ions and molecules. This field of research has three times been awarded the Nobel Prize. The field experienced remarkable growth when experimentalists learned how to vary at will the interactions between particles, trapping them with optical tweezers or in optical gratings with adjustable geometry. Artificial crystals made of atoms or molecules can be built to simulate the structure of matter and elucidate some of its magnetic properties, hopefully contributing to the understanding of high-temperature superconductivity. The phenomenon of quantum entanglement is the basis for new devices for the storage and transmission of quantum information. Spectacular progress is constantly being made in metrology. For example, ultra-cold atom or ion clocks measure time to better than one second over the lifetime of the Universe. New types of industrial gravimeters and gyroscopes are improving the sensitivity of seismology and navigation in space. In addition, the extreme precision of the measurements allows tests of the fundamental laws of physics, such as quantum electrodynamics, Lorentz invariance or possible variations of the fundamental constants. The field of ultra-cold particles has now reached the stage where it provides insights in the fields of condensed matter, chemistry and even cosmology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preamble

Coordinators, Contributors, Sponsors and Acknowledgments

Preface: Fifteen miraculous years: bypassing impossibility theorems

Contents

Chapter 1 Cooling and Trapping Atoms

Chapter 2 Cold Atom Instruments and Metrology

Chapter 3 Single Atoms and Single Photons: Quantum Information Exchange

Chapter 4 Quantum Simulation with Cold Atoms

Chapter 5 Waves and Disorder

Chapter 6 Trapping and Cooling Ions

Chapter 7 Cold and Ultracold Molecules

Chapter 8 Conclusion and Everything Else This Book Could also Have Been About…

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9782759827466

2759827461

OCLC:

1368055282