Group seminar via Zoom: Novel Methods in Laser Optics and Atom Optics for Neutral Atom Quantum Sensing

Yiping Wang, Northwestern University, USA
Group seminar via Zoom
Thursday, 31 July, 05:00pm (MEZ)

Atom interferometry has emerged as a powerful platform for precision measurements and fundamental physics investigations. The rapidly developing field of long-baseline atom interferometers is opening new frontiers in quantum sensing, with transformative applications in gravitational wave detection, ultralight dark matter searches, and tests for fundamental physics. This talk will present novel laser optics and atom optics methodologies developed for MAGIS-100, a pioneering long-baseline Sr atom interferometer at Fermilab. I will introduce a comprehensive framework for analyzing laser wavefront aberrations in light-matter interactions, demonstrate robust quantum control strategies for enhanced quantum sensing through systematic optimization of atom optics, and discuss the implementation of computer vision techniques in AMO experiments more broadly.