Quantum Inertial Navigation

Navigation relying on cold-atom accelerometers and gyroscopes whose drift-free inertial measurements complement or replace classical sensors.

Specifications & Metrics

type

Inertial Sensor

Core Principles & Analysis

• Exquisite control of matter waves offers a new generation of force sensors with unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy.
• Applications range from navigation and geophysics to tests of general relativity.
• The first commercial products using this quantum technology are already available.

Sources

• Barrett, Bertoldi & Bouyer (2016): Inertial quantum sensors using light and matter waves