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We realize an interferometer with an atomic Fermi gas trapped in an optical lattice under the influence of gravity. The single-particle interference between the eigenstates of the lattice results in macroscopic Bloch oscillations of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Roati , E. de Mirandes , F. Ferlaino , H. Ott , G. Modugno , M. Inguscio

We demonstrate an atomic interferometer based on ultra-cold atoms released from an optical lattice. This technique yields a large improvement in signal to noise over a related interferometer previously demonstrated. The interferometer…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Mikkel F. Andersen , Tycho Sleator

Atom interferometers measure quantum interference patterns in the wave functions of cold atoms that follow superpositions of different space-time trajectories. These can be sensitive to phase shifts induced by fundamental physics processes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-16 Oliver Buchmueller , John Ellis , Ulrich Schneider

Free-fall atom interferometers offer a powerful platform for accurate, absolute gravitational sensing. Szigeti et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 100402 (2020)] recently proposed a quantum-enhanced scheme that uses a spin-squeezed Bose-Einstein…

Long-time atom interferometry is instrumental to various high-precision measurements of fundamental physical properties, including tests of the equivalence principle. Due to rotations and gravity gradients, the classical trajectories…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-07-13 Albert Roura , Wolfgang Zeller , Wolfgang P. Schleich

We present results on a free-space atom interferometer operating on the first order magnetically insensitive |F=1,mF=0> -> |F=2,mF=0> transition of Bose-condensed 87Rb atoms. A pulsed atom laser is output-coupled from a Bose-Einstein…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Döring , J. E. Debs , N. P. Robins , C. Figl , P. A. Altin , J. D. Close

Interferometers provide a highly sensitive means to investigate and exploit the coherence properties of light in metrology applications. However, interferometers come in various forms and exploit different properties of the optical states…

We propose and analyse a method that allows for the production of squeezed states of the atomic center-of-mass motion that can be injected into an atom interferometer. Our scheme employs dispersive probing in a ring resonator on a narrow…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Leonardo Salvi , Nicola Poli , Vladan Vuletic , Guglielmo M. Tino

The periodicity inherent to any interferometric signal entails a fundamental trade-off between sensitivity and dynamic range of interferometry-based sensors. Here we develop a methodology for significantly extending the dynamic range of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-06 Dimitry Yankelev , Chen Avinadav , Nir Davidson , Ofer Firstenberg

Entanglement-based technologies, such as quantum information processing, quantum simulations, and quantum-enhanced metrology, have the potential to revolutionise our way of computing and measuring and help clarifying the puzzling concept of…

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

Frequency metrology is a cornerstone of modern precision measurements and optical atomic clocks have emerged as the most precise measurement devices. In this progress report, we explore various Ramsey interrogation schemes tailored to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Timm Kielinski , Klemens Hammerer

We theoretically analyze a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with trapped condensates, and find that it is surprisingly stable against the nonlinearity induced by inter-particle interactions. The phase sensitivity, which we study for number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-17 Julian Grond , Ulrich Hohenester , Joerg Schmiedmayer , Augusto Smerzi

High sensitivity quantum interferometry requires more than just access to entangled states. It is achieved through deep understanding of quantum correlations in a system. Integrable models offer the framework to develop this understanding.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 D. S. Grun , L. H. Ymai , Karin Wittmann Wilsmann , A. P. Tonel , A. Foerster , J. Links

Atom interferometry is the most successful technique for precision metrology. However, current interferometers using ultracold atoms allows one to probe the interference pattern only momentarily and has finite duty cycle, resulting in an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Sumit Sarkar , Jay Mangaonkar , Chetan Vishwakarma , Umakant D. Rapol

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…

Quantum metrology studies the use of entanglement and other quantum resources to improve precision measurement. An interferometer using N independent particles to measure a parameter X can achieve at best the "standard quantum limit" (SQL)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 M. Napolitano , M. Koschorreck , B. Dubost , N. Behbood , R. J. Sewell , M. W. Mitchell

A Michelson interferometer using Bose-Einstein condensates is demonstrated with coherence times of up to 44 ms and arm separations up to 0.18 mm. This arm separation is larger than that observed for any previous atom interferometer. The…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 O. Garcia , B. Deissler , K. J. Hughes , J. M. Reeves , C. A. Sackett

Quantum metrology seeks to leverage the richness of quantum systems for making better measurements than are possible using only classical resources in order to gain a ``quantum advantage''. Quantum metrology schemes must also be resilient…

We introduce and implement an interferometric technique based on chirped femtosecond laser pulses and nonlinear optics. The interference manifests as a high-visibility (> 85%) phase-insensitive dip in the intensity of an optical beam when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-07 R. Kaltenbaek , J. Lavoie , D. N. Biggerstaff , K. J. Resch