Twin lattice interferometry for inertial sensing

authored by: Sven Abend, Ernst M. Rasel
Abstract: Matter-wave interferometers show great a potential for improving inertial sensing. The absence of drifts recommends them for a variety of applications in geodesy, navigation, or fundamental physics.Atom interferometry offers an interesting perspective for the detection of gravitational waves in the frequency band between eLISA and Advanced LIGO. A key feature to reach the targeted sensitivities for these devices is large momentum transfer. Optical lattices are ideal tools to transfer large number of photon recoils onto atoms for interferometry. We demonstrate twin-lattice atom interferometers with up to 1632 photon recoils at a maximum splitting of 408 photon recoils. To reach these large momentum splittings while maintaining interferometric contrast, we utilize delta-kick collimated Bose-Einstein condensates generated on an atom-chip. Twin-lattice interferometers might open up new perspective for a variety of applications using compact atom interferometer geometries.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
Type: Conference contribution
Publication date: 08.03.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662377 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{783ba1fcfeec49199eed9c87a414c935,
title = "Twin lattice interferometry for inertial sensing",
abstract = "Matter-wave interferometers show great a potential for improving inertial sensing. The absence of drifts recommends them for a variety of applications in geodesy, navigation, or fundamental physics.Atom interferometry offers an interesting perspective for the detection of gravitational waves in the frequency band between eLISA and Advanced LIGO. A key feature to reach the targeted sensitivities for these devices is large momentum transfer. Optical lattices are ideal tools to transfer large number of photon recoils onto atoms for interferometry. We demonstrate twin-lattice atom interferometers with up to 1632 photon recoils at a maximum splitting of 408 photon recoils. To reach these large momentum splittings while maintaining interferometric contrast, we utilize delta-kick collimated Bose-Einstein condensates generated on an atom-chip. Twin-lattice interferometers might open up new perspective for a variety of applications using compact atom interferometer geometries.",
keywords = "Accelerometers, Atom inferferometry, Bose-Einstein condensate, Gravimeters, Gyroscopes, Large momentum transfer, Optical lattices, Quantum sensing",
author = "Sven Abend and Rasel, {Ernst M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The presented work is supported by the CRC 1227 DQmat within the projects B07 and B09, the EXC 2123 Quantum Frontiers within the research units B02 and B05, the QUESTLFS, the German Space Agency (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) due to an enactment of the German Bundestag under grant No. DLR 50WM1952 (QUANTUS-V-Fallturm), 50WP1700 (BECCAL), 50RK1957 (QGYRO), the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under grant No. VDI 13N14838 (TAIOL), and received support from the CRC 1128 geo-Q within the projects A01 and A02. We acknowledge financial support from “Nieders¨achsisches Vorab” through the “Quantum-and Nano-Metrology (QUANOMET)” initiative within the project QT3 and through “F¨orderung von Wissenschaft und Technik in Forschung und Lehre” for the initial funding of research in the new DLR-SI Institute.; Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology 2023 ; Conference date: 28-01-2023 Through 02-02-2023",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1117/12.2662377",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jacob Scheuer and Shahriar, {Selim M.}",
booktitle = "Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology",
address = "United States",
}