Quantum sensing for navigation with emerging technologies

Light-pulse atom interferometers (LPAIs) have demonstrated excellent sensitivity to inertial forces in laboratory settings, and significant efforts are underway to apply them in real-world environments, but maintaining high performance in a dynamic environment is challenging. With the goal of elucidating a path towards fieldable sensors, we present a multi-faceted approach based on a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap (GMOT) LPAI, photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) laser systems, and membrane PIC platforms for guiding atoms with evanescent-field (EF) modes.