Frontiers of Quantum Metrology: Fundamental Physics, Unexpected Connections, and Novel Applications

Coordinators: Klemens Hammerer, Klaus Mølmer and Marianna Safronova

The exceptional gain in precision quantum metrology (QM) enabled new application of quantum sensors to studies of fundamental physics ranging from dark matter searches to detection of gravitational waves. These new developments involve surprising and unexpected connections between QM methods and other quite different fields of physics. The conference will bring together scientists in very different subfields, connecting optics to condensed matter to atomic physics and quantum information to particle and gravitational physics. A major objective is to provide a platform for cross fertilization between theory and experiment and between different research areas to prompt new scientific discoveries. The conference aims to promote collaboration between particle physics experts working on the design and interpretation of fundamental physics studies with quantum technologies and discussing new ideas in QM for future applications.

PLEASE NOTE: Participants are welcome to bring a poster. Poster boards will be provided for posters to be displayed for viewing and discussion during conference week. This conference is not holding a poster session.  If you are interested in bringing a poster please visit the conference website and submit your title and abstract. Each poster board is 4 feet high x 6 feet wide. We ask that the posters be no larger than 44 inches high x 34 inches wide at the most (it is important to follow these measurements or posters may be turned down due to limited space).

2023

Monday, Oct 09, 2023

  • Chair: Ana Rey (JILA) 08:50AM Atomic Clocks & Applications Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 08:50AM Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome
    • 09:00AM Jun Ye (U Boulder) Precise engineering of quantum many-body states for atomic clocks and fundamental physics
    • 09:45AM Shimon Kolkowitz (UC Berkeley) Testing relativity in the lab with a miniature clock network
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Tanja Mehlstäubler (PTB) Precision Spectroscopy in Many-Body Ion Systems
    • 11:45AM Murray Barrett (CQT Signapore) An optical frequency reference with 176Lu+
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Daniel Carney (LBNL) 02:00PM Physics beyond SM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Andy Geraci (Northwestern) Optomechanical and spin-based sensing for Fifth forces, Dark Matter, and other Beyond the Standard Model physics
    • 02:45PM Swati Singh (Delaware) Searching for dark matter and dark energy with mechanical systems
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Surjeet Rajendran (Johns Hopkins) Gravitational Wave Detection in the Micro Hz Band
    • 04:45PM Yevgeny Stadnik (U. Sydney) Searches for ultralight scalar dark matter with precision atomic and optical experiments
  • 05:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2023

Monday, Oct 09, 2023

  • Chair: Ana Rey (JILA) 08:50AM Atomic Clocks & Applications Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 08:50AM Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome
    • 09:00AM Jun Ye (U Boulder) Precise engineering of quantum many-body states for atomic clocks and fundamental physics
    • 09:45AM Shimon Kolkowitz (UC Berkeley) Testing relativity in the lab with a miniature clock network
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Tanja Mehlstäubler (PTB) Precision Spectroscopy in Many-Body Ion Systems
    • 11:45AM Murray Barrett (CQT Signapore) An optical frequency reference with 176Lu+
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Daniel Carney (LBNL) 02:00PM Physics beyond SM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Andy Geraci (Northwestern) Optomechanical and spin-based sensing for Fifth forces, Dark Matter, and other Beyond the Standard Model physics
    • 02:45PM Swati Singh (Delaware) Searching for dark matter and dark energy with mechanical systems
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Surjeet Rajendran (Johns Hopkins) Gravitational Wave Detection in the Micro Hz Band
    • 04:45PM Yevgeny Stadnik (U. Sydney) Searches for ultralight scalar dark matter with precision atomic and optical experiments
  • 05:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2023

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023

  • Chair: Marianna Safronova (Delaware) 09:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Elina Fuchs (Uni. Hannover) Searches for light new physics and high-frequency gravitational waves with atomic clocks (remote)
    • 09:45AM Morgan Mitchell (ICFO) Quantum limits of field sensing with ordinary and ultracold matter (remote)
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM NASA Fundamental Physics Program Analysis Group meeting
    • 11:45AM NASA Fundamental Physics Program Analysis Group meeting
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Klaus Molmer (Univ. Copenhagen) 02:00PM Quantum Correlations & Metrology Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Peter Zoller (Univ. Innsbruck) Optimal and variational quantum metrology and vector field sensing
    • 02:45PM Ana Rey (JILA) Quantum-enhanced sensing via emergent collective quantum correlations
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Aashish Clerk (U. Chicago) Harnessing dissipation for enhanced spin-squeezing & quantum metrology
    • 04:45PM Alice Sinatra (LKB, ENS) Quantum-enhanced multiparameter estimation and compressed sensing of a field
  • 05:30PM RECEPTION Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 06:00PM DINNER Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 08:00PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2023

Wednesday, Oct 11, 2023

  • Chair: Klemens Hammerer (Uni. Hannover) 09:00AM Atom Interferometers & Applications Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Saïda Guellati (LKB - Sorbonne) Accurate determination of the fine-structure constant using atom interferometry
    • 09:45AM Tim Kovachy (Northwestern) Probing Fundamental Physics with Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM James Thompson (CU Boulder) Hamiltonian Engineering in Matter wave Interferometers: QND, 1-Axis Twisting, 2-Axis Twisting, and Mössbauer-like Collective Recoil
    • 11:45AM Naceur Gaaloul (U Hannover) Precision Atom Interferometry with Quantum Gases
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Tim Kovachy (Northwestern) 02:00PM Gravity Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Igor Pikovski (Stevens Institute) Detecting single gravitons with quantum sensing
    • 02:45PM Daniel Carney (LBNL) Quantum measurements in and of quantum gravity
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Guglielmo Tino (UniFI and INFN) Precision tests of gravitational physics using atomic quantum sensors
    • 04:45PM Nan Yu (JPL) Science opportunities and quantum challenges of precision measurements in space
  • 05:30PM Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 06:00PM SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 08:00PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2023

Thursday, Oct 12, 2023

  • Chair: Andrew Jordan (Chapman) 09:00AM Quantum Metrology Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Monika Schleier-Smith (Stanford) Optical Control of Entanglement in Arrays of Atomic Ensembles
    • 09:45AM Lorenza Viola (Dartmouth) Quantum frequency estimation in spatiotemporally correlated noise environments
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Luca Pezzè (CNR) Advantages of multiparameter distributed quantum sensing
    • 11:45AM Augusto Smerzi (LENS/U. Florence) Hierarchies of Bounds for Quantum Metrology: From Cramer-Rao to Barankin
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Tanja Mehlstäubler (PTB) 02:00PM Future Application of Quantum Metrology Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM John Howell (Chapman) Super Radar
    • 02:45PM Mankei Tsang (National University of Singapore) Quantum waveform estimation, detection, and noise spectroscopy
  • 03:30PM CONFERENCE END, SHUTTLE TO BWSCI *Also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus, Goleta location (See Registration Desk BEFORE THURSDAY to sign up.) Gurley Courtyard

     

2023

Friday, Oct 13, 2023

No talks scheduled.

2023

Saturday, Oct 14, 2023

No talks scheduled.

2023

Sunday, Oct 15, 2023

No talks scheduled.