Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements
A standing-wave light-pulse sequence is demonstrated that places atoms into a superposition of wave packets with precisely controlled displacements that remain constant for times as long as 1 s. The separated wave packets are subsequently recombined, resulting in atom interference patterns that prob...
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| author | Su, Edward Joseph Wu, Saijun Prentiss, Mara G. |
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| description | A standing-wave light-pulse sequence is demonstrated that places atoms into a superposition of wave packets with precisely controlled displacements that remain constant for times as long as 1 s. The separated wave packets are subsequently recombined, resulting in atom interference patterns that probe energy differences of ≈10[superscript -34] J and can provide acceleration measurements that are insensitive to platform vibrations. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/587462022-09-30T09:14:22Z Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements Su, Edward Joseph Wu, Saijun Prentiss, Mara G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Su, Edward Joseph Su, Edward Joseph A standing-wave light-pulse sequence is demonstrated that places atoms into a superposition of wave packets with precisely controlled displacements that remain constant for times as long as 1 s. The separated wave packets are subsequently recombined, resulting in atom interference patterns that probe energy differences of ≈10[superscript -34] J and can provide acceleration measurements that are insensitive to platform vibrations. National Science Foundation (U.S.) Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Agreement No. W911NF-04-1-0032) United States. Dept. of Defense United States. Office of Naval Research United States. Dept. of the Army 2010-09-29T13:16:27Z 2010-09-29T13:16:27Z 2010-04 2010-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1050-2947 1094-1622 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58746 Su, Edward J., Saijun Wu, and Mara G. Prentiss. "Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements." Physical Review A 81.4 (2010): 043631. © 2010 The American Physical Society en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043631 Physical Review A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Su, Edward Joseph Wu, Saijun Prentiss, Mara G. Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title | Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title_full | Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title_fullStr | Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title_short | Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
| title_sort | atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements |
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