State-labeling Wannier-Stark atomic interferometers

2013/01/23 by Bruno Pelle, Adèle Hilico, Gunnar Tackmann +3 · 23 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Astronomical interferometer #Atom interferometer #Atomic clock #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Gravimeter #Interferometry #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optical lattice #Physics #Quantum mechanics #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.87.023601

published in Physical Review A 87(2) (American Physical Society) · 11 pages

arxiv created 2013/01/23 · openalex publication_date 2013/02/04 · arxiv updated 2015/06/12 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Using cold ⁸⁷Rb atoms trapped in a one-dimensional (1D)-optical lattice, atomic interferometers involving coherent superpositions between different Wannier-Stark atomic states are realized. Two different kinds of trapped interferometer schemes are presented: a Ramsey-type interferometer sensitive both to clock frequency and external forces, and a symmetric accordion-type interferometer, sensitive to external forces only. We evaluate the limits in terms of sensitivity and accuracy of those schemes and discuss their application as force sensors. As a first step, we apply these interferometers to the measurement of the Bloch frequency and the demonstration of a compact gravimeter.

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