The new “Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing” (SI) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Hanover, Lower Saxony, is primarily dedicated to research questions in the context of the use of quantum technologies and quantum sensors and develops quantum measurement techniques for innovative applications, up to the realization of prototype solutions.
The primary research objectives of DLR SI are:
- New developments based on innovative quantum technological processes, which will contribute significantly to solving societal and technological challenges.
- Novel systems of quantum sensors – for example high-precision inertial sensors – for space and terrestrial applications that utilize the entire spectrum of new developments in quantum physics and quantum optics, and
- pioneering geodetic applications and advanced reference systems in space and time based on this.
Within the framework of the planned “Optical Frequency Measurement” department, strong cooperation with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig is planned. One of the departments (Relativistic Modeling) will also be located in Bremen.