We are glad to announce the upcoming UniKORN seminar block on "Space-based tests with optomechanics".
The scientific and technological legacy of the 20th century includes milestones such as quantum mechanics and pioneering space missions. Both endeavours have opened new avenues for the furthering of our understanding of Nature, and are true landmarks of modern science. Quantum theory and space science form building blocks of a powerful research framework for exploring the boundaries of modern physics through the unique working conditions offered by experimental tests performed in space.
Space-based sources of entangled photons promise the formation of global quantum communication networks, long-distance tests of quantum theory and the interplay between relativity and quantum entanglement.
Long free-fall times enable high-precision tests of general relativity and tests of the equivalence principle for quantum systems.
Harnessing microgravity, high vacuum and low temperature of deep space promises allowing the study of deviations from standard quantum theory for high-mass test particles. Space-based experiments of metrology and sensing will push the precision of clocks, mass detectors and transducers towards the engineering of novel quantum technologies.
Such an exciting framework is what “Quantum Technologies in Space (QTSpace)” aims at providing. QTSpace will embody a visionary opportunity for furthering the comprehension of fundamental mechanisms of physics in an entirely new context.
Policy White Papers
QTSpace and European Industries prepared three policy White Papers on quantum technologies for space applications. They are addressed to European policy makers, as well as the scientific and industrial community, with the aim of identifying the most relevant quantum technologies and of shaping the future directions for research and technological development. Link to the documents.
Latest News and Activities
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
Thursday, November 26, 2020 We share with you a job opening at the University of Southampton within the Ulbricht group: Research Fellow in Optomechanics for Gravimetry. |
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Thursday, November 26, 2020 We gladly share with you the initiative promoted by UniKORN Seminars: Ben Stickler @ UniKORN Lecture Series |
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 to Friday, January 31, 2020 Ljubljana (Slovenia) The Ljubljana meeting will be organized as a school: it will put together the results of the four years of activity of QTSpace. It will be organized along the lines of the four main themes addressed by the Action: Fundamental science studies, Applications, Proof-of-Principle Experiments, and Implementation. |
