Tunneling Gravimetry
Abstract
We examine the prospects of utilizing matter-wave Fabry-P\'{e}rot interferometers for enhanced inertial sensing applications. Our study explores such tunneling-based sensors for the measurement of accelerations in two configurations: (a) a transmission setup, where the initial wave packet is transmitted through the cavity and (b) an out-tunneling scheme with intra-cavity generated initial states lacking a classical counterpart. We perform numerical simulations of the complete dynamics of the quantum wave packet, investigate the tunneling through a matter-wave cavity formed by realistic optical potentials and determine the impact of interactions between atoms. As a consequence we estimate the prospective sensitivities to inertial forces for both proposed configurations and show their feasibility for serving as inertial sensors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2205.09413,
title = {Tunneling Gravimetry},
author = {Patrik Schach and Alexander Friedrich and Jason R. Williams and Wolfgang P. Schleich and Enno Giese},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09413},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
19 pages, 9 figures, 1 table