Light-pulse atom interferometry

2008/06/19 by Jason M. Hogan, Hogan, Jason M., David M. S. Johnson +4 · 7 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0806.3261

38 pages, 13 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the International Summer School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on Atom Optics and Space Physics (Varenna, July 2007)

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Abstract

The light-pulse atom interferometry method is reviewed. Applications of the method to inertial navigation and tests of the Equivalence Principle are discussed.

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