6-axis inertial sensor using cold-atom interferometry
Atomic Physics
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
We have developed an atom interferometer providing a full inertial base. This device uses two counter-propagating cold-atom clouds that are launched in strongly curved parabolic trajectories. Three single Raman beam pairs, pulsed in time, are successively applied in three orthogonal directions leading to the measurement of the three axis of rotation and acceleration. In this purpose, we introduce a new atom gyroscope using a butterfly geometry. We discuss the present sensitivity and the possible improvements.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0604061,
title = {6-axis inertial sensor using cold-atom interferometry},
author = {B. Canuel and F. Leduc and D. Holleville and A. Gauguet and J. Fils and A. Virdis and A. Clairon and N. Dimarcq and Ch. J. Borde and P. Bouyer and A. Landragin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604061},
year = {2009}
}
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