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Coherent matter wave inertial sensors for precision measurements in space

Other Condensed Matter 2015-06-24 v2

Abstract

We analyze the advantages of using ultra-cold coherent sources of atoms for matter-wave interferometry in space. We present a proof-of-principle experiment that is based on an analysis of the results previously published in [Richard et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 010405 (2003)] from which we extract the ratio h/m for 87Rb. This measurement shows that a limitation in accuracy arises due to atomic interactions within the Bose-Einstein condensate.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501520,
  title  = {Coherent matter wave inertial sensors for precision measurements in space},
  author = {Yann Le Coq and Jocelyn A. Retter and Simon Richard and Alain Aspect and Philippe Bouyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501520},
  year   = {2015}
}