Promising searches for new physics beyond the current standard model (SM) of particle physics are feasible through isotope-shift spectroscopy, which is sensitive to a hypothetical fifth force between the neutrons of the ...

The exploration of quantum physics has heralded a new era of quantum sensors with improved measurement precision compared to conventional systems. Quantum sensors based on alkaline-earth atoms offer a particular high ...

LIGO's detection of gravitational waves emitted by a binary black hole merger in 2015 opened a new window into our universe. The era of multi-messenger astronomy began in 2017 with the detection of binary neutron star ...

Für die Entwicklung neuartiger Gravitationswellendetektoren auf Basis interferometrischer Messungen werden spezielle Hochleistungslaser benötigt. Die Designstudie für das europäische "Einstein Teleskop" offenbarte, dass ...

Squeezed states of light play a significant role in various technologies ranging from high-precision metrology such as gravitational wave detection to quantum information.These quantum states are prepared to carry particular ...

Die vorliegende kumulative Dissertation stellt die Ergebnisse der qualitativen Studie zur Bedeutung und Konturierung des Raums und der Lernbegleitung im Kontext von Lernwerkstattarbeit in Kindertageseinrichtungen vor. ...

The measurement precision of optomechanical sensors reached sensitivity levels such that they have to be described by quantum theory. In quantum mechanics, every measurement will introduce a back-action on the measured ...

Gravitational waves from compact binary mergers are now routinely observed by Earth-bound detectors. These observations enable exciting new science, as they have opened a new window to the Universe. However, extracting ...

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a future gravitational wave observatory in space. It will consist of three spacecraft forming a triangular constellation using laser links. The angles of the constellation ...

Entangled ensembles have been created in versatile atomic systems and find a promising application in entanglement-enhanced metrology. Here, entangled spin-states have been successfully applied within interferometers ...