caa a22 4500 445386142 CHVBK 20180317143032.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10714-010-1042-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10714-010-1042-0 A new type of quantum interferometer for gravitational wave detection [Elektronische Daten] [Dennis Lorek, Andreas Wicht, Claus Lämmerzahl] We present an orientational quantum interferometer sensitive to gravitational waves that is based on orienting quantum objects like molecules, atoms, or nuclei in space. The detection principle is based on inducing non-sphericity to the corresponding wave functions by light-pulses. In the field of a gravitational wave these objects then possess spectra that depend on their orientation in space. In our measurement scheme we investigate the adiabatic influence of a monochromatic gravitational wave over a quarter gravitational wave period and compare the corresponding frequencies at instances with maximal and vanishing gravitational wave elongation. We therefore explore the effect over a quarter gravitational wave period (or wavelength) and the resulting frequency shift scales with the binding energy of the system times the amplitude of the gravitational wave. In particular, a gravitational wave with amplitude h=10−23 will induce a frequency shift of the order of 110μHz for an atom interferometer based on a 91-fold charged uranium ion. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Atom interferometry nationallicence Molecular interferometry nationallicence Gravitational waves nationallicence Lorek Dennis Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut Wicht Andreas Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489, Berlin, Germany aut Lämmerzahl Claus Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 2053-2064 0001-7701 43:7<2053 2011 43 10714 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1042-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1042-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lorek Dennis Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wicht Andreas Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lämmerzahl Claus Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 2053-2064 0001-7701 43:7<2053 2011 43 10714 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer