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Mohageg M, Mazzarella L, Anastopoulos C, Gallicchio J, Hu BL, Jennewein T, Johnson S, Lin SY, Ling A, Marquardt C, Meister M, Newell R, Roura A, Schleich WP, Schubert C, Strekalov DV, Vallone G, Villoresi P, Wörner L, Yu N, Zhai A, Kwiat P. The deep space quantum link: prospective fundamental physics experiments using long-baseline quantum optics. EPJ Quantum Technol 2022; 9:25. [PMID: 36227029 PMCID: PMC9547810 DOI: 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Deep Space Quantum Link mission concept enables a unique set of science experiments by establishing robust quantum optical links across extremely long baselines. Potential mission configurations include establishing a quantum link between the Lunar Gateway moon-orbiting space station and nodes on or near the Earth. This publication summarizes the principal experimental goals of the Deep Space Quantum Link. These goals, identified through a multi-year design study conducted by the authors, include long-range teleportation, tests of gravitational coupling to quantum states, and advanced tests of quantum nonlocality.
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Affiliation(s)
- Makan Mohageg
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California USA
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- Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Dep. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Quantum Information Science & Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Centre for Quantum Technologies and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico USA
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- Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany
- Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQst), Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, AgriLife Research, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE), and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A& M University, College Station, Texas USA
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- Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hanover, Germany
- Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
- Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
- Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Sezer U, Wörner L, Horak J, Felix L, Tüxen J, Götz C, Vaziri A, Mayor M, Arndt M. Laser-induced acoustic desorption of natural and functionalized biochromophores. Anal Chem 2015; 87:5614-9. [PMID: 25946522 PMCID: PMC4455108 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Laser-induced acoustic desorption
(LIAD) has recently been established
as a tool for analytical chemistry. It is capable of launching intact,
neutral, or low charged molecules into a high vacuum environment.
This makes it ideally suited to mass spectrometry. LIAD can be used
with fragile biomolecules and very massive compounds alike. Here,
we apply LIAD time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) to the natural
biochromophores chlorophyll, hemin, bilirubin, and biliverdin and
to high mass fluoroalkyl-functionalized porphyrins. We characterize
the variation in the molecular fragmentation patterns as a function
of the desorption and the VUV postionization laser intensity. We find
that LIAD can produce molecular beams an order of magnitude slower
than matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALD), although this depends
on the substrate material. Using titanium foils we observe a most
probable velocity of 20 m/s for functionalized molecules with a mass m = 10 000 Da.
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- Uğur Sezer
- †University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ and QuNaBioS, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- †University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ and QuNaBioS, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- †University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ and QuNaBioS, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- ‡University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, St. Johannsring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- ‡University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, St. Johannsring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- §University of Vienna, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, QuNaBioS, Doktor-Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- §University of Vienna, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, QuNaBioS, Doktor-Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- ‡University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, St. Johannsring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.,∥Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- †University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ and QuNaBioS, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Laut I, Räth C, Wörner L, Nosenko V, Zhdanov SK, Schablinski J, Block D, Thomas HM, Morfill GE. Network analysis of three-dimensional complex plasma clusters in a rotating electric field. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2014; 89:023104. [PMID: 25353583 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.023104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Network analysis was used to study the structure and time evolution of driven three-dimensional complex plasma clusters. The clusters were created by suspending micron-size particles in a glass box placed on top of the rf electrode in a capacitively coupled discharge. The particles were highly charged and manipulated by an external electric field that had a constant magnitude and uniformly rotated in the horizontal plane. Depending on the frequency of the applied electric field, the clusters rotated in the direction of the electric field or remained stationary. The positions of all particles were measured using stereoscopic digital in-line holography. The network analysis revealed the interplay between two competing symmetries in the cluster. The rotating cluster was shown to be more cylindrical than the nonrotating cluster. The emergence of vertical strings of particles was also confirmed.
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Affiliation(s)
- I Laut
- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
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