Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry
Free space atom-interferometry traditionally suffers from the large distances that atoms have to fall in order to achieve long interaction times. Trapped atom interferometry is emerging as a powerful way of achieving long interaction times in a reduced experimental volume. Here, we demonstrate bi-ch...
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| author | Hector Mas Saurabh Pandey Georgios Vasilakis Wolf von Klitzing |
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| description | Free space atom-interferometry traditionally suffers from the large distances that atoms have to fall in order to achieve long interaction times. Trapped atom interferometry is emerging as a powerful way of achieving long interaction times in a reduced experimental volume. Here, we demonstrate bi-chromatic adiabatic magnetic shell traps as a novel tool for matterwave interferometry. We dress the magnetic hyperfine states of the F = 1 and F = 2 Rubidium 87 Bose–Einstein Condensates thus creating two independently controllable shell traps of which we use the $| F=1,{\bar{m}}_{F}=-1\rangle $ and $| F=2,{\bar{m}}_{F}=1\rangle $ adiabatic states. Using microwave pulses, we put atoms originally loaded into one of the two shell-traps into a superposition between the two shell traps. Since the two traps can be manipulated independently, their position and vertical curvature can be matched, thus creating a good starting point for an atom interferometer. This interferometer can be sensitive to spatially varying electric or magnetic fields, which could be DC or RF magnetic fields or microwaves. We demonstrate that the trap-matching afforded by the independent control of the shell traps allows for a tenfold increase in coherence times when compared to adiabatic potentials created by a single RF-frequency. For large-radius shells the atoms are confined to a 2D surface enabling highly sensitive imaging matterwave interferometers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88380de211ac48b5bd12d8f2ad3089a02023-08-08T15:26:33ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302019-01-01211212303910.1088/1367-2630/ab5ca1Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometryHector Mas0Saurabh Pandey1Georgios Vasilakis2Wolf von Klitzing3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6172-8407Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser , Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion 70013, Greece; Department of Physics, University of Crete , Heraklion 70013, GreeceInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser , Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion 70013, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete , Heraklion 70013, GreeceInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser , Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion 70013, GreeceInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser , Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion 70013, GreeceFree space atom-interferometry traditionally suffers from the large distances that atoms have to fall in order to achieve long interaction times. Trapped atom interferometry is emerging as a powerful way of achieving long interaction times in a reduced experimental volume. Here, we demonstrate bi-chromatic adiabatic magnetic shell traps as a novel tool for matterwave interferometry. We dress the magnetic hyperfine states of the F = 1 and F = 2 Rubidium 87 Bose–Einstein Condensates thus creating two independently controllable shell traps of which we use the $| F=1,{\bar{m}}_{F}=-1\rangle $ and $| F=2,{\bar{m}}_{F}=1\rangle $ adiabatic states. Using microwave pulses, we put atoms originally loaded into one of the two shell-traps into a superposition between the two shell traps. Since the two traps can be manipulated independently, their position and vertical curvature can be matched, thus creating a good starting point for an atom interferometer. This interferometer can be sensitive to spatially varying electric or magnetic fields, which could be DC or RF magnetic fields or microwaves. We demonstrate that the trap-matching afforded by the independent control of the shell traps allows for a tenfold increase in coherence times when compared to adiabatic potentials created by a single RF-frequency. For large-radius shells the atoms are confined to a 2D surface enabling highly sensitive imaging matterwave interferometers.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab5ca1Bose–Einstein condensationadiabatic potentialsmatterwave interferometrydressed potentialstrapped atom interferometrystate-dependent traps |
| spellingShingle | Hector Mas Saurabh Pandey Georgios Vasilakis Wolf von Klitzing Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry New Journal of Physics Bose–Einstein condensation adiabatic potentials matterwave interferometry dressed potentials trapped atom interferometry state-dependent traps |
| title | Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| title_full | Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| title_fullStr | Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| title_short | Bi-chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| title_sort | bi chromatic adiabatic shells for atom interferometry |
| topic | Bose–Einstein condensation adiabatic potentials matterwave interferometry dressed potentials trapped atom interferometry state-dependent traps |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab5ca1 |
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