2006/08/17 by F. Impens, P. Bouyer, Ch. J. Bordé +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #cond-mat.other #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s00340-006-2399-3
published as Appl. Phys. B: Laser and Optics 84, 603 (2006) · 15 pages, 6 Figures. The expression for the atomic mirror focal length has been corrected. Other minor corrections and actualizations to the previously published version
openalex publication_date 2006/08/17 · arxiv created 2008/09/08 · arxiv updated 2010/05/25 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a gravimeter based on a matter-wave resonant cavity loaded with a Bose-Einstein condensate and closed with a sequence of periodic Raman pulses. The gravimeter sensitivity increases quickly with the number of cycles experienced by the condensate inside the cavity. The matter wave is refocused thanks to a spherical wave-front of the Raman pulses. This provides a transverse confinement of the condensate which is discussed in terms of a stability analysis. We develop the analogy of this device with a resonator in momentum space for matter waves.