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We demonstrate a closed-loop light-pulse atom interferometer inertial sensor that can realize continuous decoupled measurements of acceleration and rotation rate. The sensor operates with double-loop atom interferometers, which share the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Zhi-Xin Meng , Pei-Qiang Yan , Sheng-Zhe Wang , Xiao-Jie Li , Hong-bo Xue , Yan-Ying Feng

The exquisite precision of atom interferometers has sparked the interest of a large community for use cases ranging from fundamental physics to geodesy and inertial navigation. However, their practical use for onboard applications is still…

Atom-interferometric quantum sensors could revolutionize navigation, civil engineering, and Earth observation. However, operation in real-world environments is challenging due to external interference, platform noise, and constraints on…

Recent progresses on quantum control of cold atoms and trapped ions in both the scientific and technological aspects greatly advance the applications in precision measurement. Thanks to the exceptional controllability and versatility of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-09-07 Qiuxin Zhang , Yirong Wang , Chenhao Zhu , Yuxin Wang , Xiang Zhang , Kuiyi Gao , Wei Zhang

Sagnac interferometers with massive particles promise unique advantages in achieving high precision measurements of rotation rates over their optical counterparts. Recent proposals and experiments are exploring non-ballistic Sagnac…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-02-04 Yijia Zhou , Igor Lesanovsky , Thomas Fernholz , Weibin Li

We discuss techniques for probing the effects of a constant force acting on cold atoms using two configurations of a grating echo-type atom interferometer. Laser-cooled samples of $^{85}$Rb with temperatures as low as 2.4 $\mu$K have been…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 B. Barrett , I. Chan , A. Kumarakrishnan

The utility of inertial sensors depends on resilience against real-world dynamics and noise. Atom interferometry offers a sensing technology with the advantage of good long-term stability, high sensitivity, and accuracy. High measurement…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-04-11 Jonathan M. Kwolek , Sunil Upadhyay , Adam T. Black

We demonstrate a dual-axis accelerometer and gyroscope atom interferometer, which forms the building blocks of a six-axis inertial measurement unit. By recapturing the atoms after the interferometer sequence, we maintain a large atom number…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-07-16 Akash V. Rakholia , Hayden J. McGuinness , Grant W. Biedermann

The design of an integrated optical chip is proposed containing a rotation sensing ring resonator (optical gyroscope) coupled to an inverse weak value amplified Sagnac interferometer that amplifies the signal containing the phase…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-24 Kagan Yanik , Meiting Song , Yuhan Mei , Jaime Cardenas , Andrew N. Jordan

Due to advances in cold atom interferometry, laser spectroscopy it is possible to achieve more precise accelerometers and gyroscopes which never occurs in mechanical- and optical-based sensors. Because of the inherent and independent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 Narges Kafaei , Ali Motazedifard

One of the major limitations of atomic gravimeters is represented by the vibration noise of the measurement platform, which cannot be distinguished from the relevant acceleration signal. We demonstrate a new method to perform an atom…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 G. D'Amico , L. Cacciapuoti , M. Jain , S. Zhan , G. Rosi

We demonstrate an atom interferometer that uses a laser-cooled continuous beam of $^{87}$Rb atoms having velocities of 10--20 m/s. With spatially separated Raman beams to coherently manipulate the atomic wave packets, Mach--Zehnder…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 H. B. Xue , Y. Y. Feng , S. Chen , X. J. Wang , X. S. Yan , Z. K. Jiang , Z. Y. Zhou

We describe a matter-wave Sagnac interferometer using Bose condensed atoms confined in a time-orbiting potential trap. Compared to our previous implementation [Moan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 120403 (2020)], our new apparatus provides…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 M. Beydler , E. R. Moan , Z. Luo , Z. Chu , C. A. Sackett

Quantum reflection occurs when ultra-cold atoms are incident on a material surface with sufficiently low velocity. The reflecting matter wave can interfere with the incident wave to form a detectable pattern, and this pattern contains…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-22 J. Boynewicz , C. A. Sackett

Atom interferometers provide exquisite measurements of the properties of non-inertial frames. While atomic interactions are typically detrimental to good sensing, efforts to harness entanglement to improve sensitivity remain tantalizing.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-11-15 Stephen Ragole , Jacob M. Taylor

We present a compact and transportable inertial sensor for precision sensing of rotations and accelerations. The sensor consists of a dual Mach-Zehnder-type atom interferometer operated with laser-cooled $^{87}$Rb. Raman processes are…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 T. Müller , M. Gilowski , M. Zaiser , T. Wendrich , W. Ertmer , E. M. Rasel

We investigate an atom interferometer in which large momentum differences between the arms are obtained by using quantum resonances in the atom optics $\delta$-kicked rotor. The interferometer can potentially measure the Talbot time (from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-28 Boris Daszuta , Mikkel F. Andersen

The research on cold-atom interferometers gathers a large community of about 50 groups worldwide both in the academic and now in the industrial sectors. The interest in this sub-field of quantum sensing and metrology lies in the large panel…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Remi Geiger , Arnaud Landragin , Sébastien Merlet , Franck Pereira Dos Santos

The past three decades have shown dramatic progress in the ability to manipulate and coherently control the motion of atoms. This exquisite control offers the prospect of a new generation of inertial sensors with unprecedented sensitivity…

Inertial sensors based on cold atoms have great potential for navigation, geodesy, or fundamental physics. Similar to the Sagnac effect, their sensitivity increases with the space-time area enclosed by the interferometer. Here, we introduce…