2017/09/29 by Dubetsky, B.
#Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.00020
It is shown that using beam splitters with non-equal wave vectors results in a new recoil diagram which is qualitatively different from the well-known diagram associated with the Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer. We predict a new asymmetric Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer (AMZAI) and study it when one uses a Raman beam splitter. The main feature is that the phase of AMZAI contains a quantum part proportional to the recoil frequency. A response sensitive only to the quantum phase was found. A new technique to measure the recoil frequency and fine structure constant is proposed and studied outside of the Raman-Nath approximation.