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We describe a light-pulse atom interferometer that is suitable for any species of atom and even for electrons and protons as well as their antiparticles, in particular for testing the Einstein equivalence principle with antihydrogen. The…

The use of retro-reflection in light-pulse atom interferometry under microgravity conditions naturally leads to a double-diffraction scheme. The two pairs of counterpropagating beams induce simultaneously transitions with opposite momentum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-11-12 E. Giese , A. Roura , G. Tackmann , E. M. Rasel , W. P. Schleich

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…

Bragg diffraction has been used in atom interferometers because it allows signal enhancement through multiphoton momentum transfer and suppression of systematics by not changing the internal state of atoms. Its multi-port nature, however,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-11-21 Richard H Parker , Chenghui Yu , Brian Estey , Weicheng Zhong , Eric Huang , Holger Müller

We have performed a precision atomic interferometry experiment on testing the universality of free fall (UFF) considering atoms' spin degree of freedom. Our experiment employs the Bragg atom interferometer with $^{87}$Rb atoms either in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-01 Ke Zhang , Min-Kang Zhou , Yuan Cheng , Le-Le Chen , Qin Luo , Wen-Jie Xu , Lu-Shuai Cao , Xiao-Chun Duan , Zhong-Kun Hu

We have observed Bragg scattering of photons from quantum degenerate $^{87}$Rb atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice. Bragg scattered light directly probes the microscopic crystal structure and atomic wavefunction whose position and…

A magnetic field gradient applied to an atom interferometer induces a $M$-dependent phase shift which results in a series of decays and revivals of the fringe visibility. Using our lithium atom interferometer based on Bragg laser…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Marion Jacquey , Alain Miffre , Matthias Büchner , Gérard Trénec , Jacques Vigué

We developed a gravity-gradiometer based on atom interferometry for the determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant \textit{G}. The apparatus, combining a Rb fountain, Raman interferometry and a juggling scheme for fast launch of…

Atomic interferometers have been studied as a promising device for precise sensing of external fields. Among various configurations, a particular configuration with a butterfly-shaped geometry has been designed to sensitively probe field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-26 Changhun Oh , Hyukjoon Kwon , Liang Jiang , M. S. Kim

We present measurements on Earth's gravitational acceleration (g) using an in-house developed cold atom gravimeter (CAG) in an atomic fountain geometry. In the setup, the laser cooled $^{87}Rb$ atoms are launched vertically up in the…

Large Momentum Transfer (LMT) beam splitters are implemented in atom interferometers to increase their sensitivity. However, LMT-interferometer requires additional light-pulses that modify the response function of the atom interferometer.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-12-10 B. Décamps , M. Bordoux , J. Alibert , B. Allard , A. Gauguet

Interferometers based on ultra-cold atoms enable an absolute measurement of inertial forces with unprecedented precision. However, their resolution is fundamentally restricted by quantum fluctuations. Improved resolutions with entangled or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Christophe Cassens , Bernd Meyer-Hoppe , Ernst Rasel , Carsten Klempt

Recent advances in atom interferometry have led to the development of quantum inertial sensors with outstanding performance in terms of sensitivity, accuracy, and long-term stability. For ground-based implementations, these sensors are…

Echo atom interferometers have emerged as interesting alternatives to Raman interferometers for the realization of precise measurements of the gravitational acceleration $g$ and the determination of the atomic fine structure through…

We show that light-pulse atom interferometry with atomic point sources and spatially resolved detection enables multi-axis (two rotation, one acceleration) precision inertial sensing at long interrogation times. Using this method, we…

We present a cold atom gravimeter operating with a sample of Bose-condensed Rubidium-87 atoms. Using a Mach-Zehnder configuration with the two arms separated by a two-photon Bragg transition, we observe interference fringes with a…

Atom interferometry has become one of the most powerful technologies for precision measurements. To develop simple, precise, and versatile atom interferometers for inertial sensing, we demonstrate an atom interferometer measuring…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-02-13 Xuejian Wu , Fei Zi , Jordan Dudley , Ryan J. Bilotta , Philip Canoza , Holger Müller

We report on a high precision measurement of gravitational acceleration using ultracold strontium atoms trapped in a vertical optical lattice. Using amplitude modulation of the lattice intensity, an uncertainty $\Delta g /g \approx 10^{-7}$…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-02-24 N. Poli , F. -Y. Wang , M. G. Tarallo , A. Alberti , M. Prevedelli , G. M. Tino

IIn this paper we demonstrate a new scheme for Raman transitions which realize a symmetric momentum-space splitting of $4 \hbar k$, deflecting the atomic wave-packets into the same internal state. Combining the advantages of Raman and Bragg…

Strontium clock atom interferometry is a promising new technique, with multiple experiments under development to explore its potential for dark matter and gravitational wave detection. In these detectors, large momentum transfer (LMT) using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Zilin Chen , Garrett Louie , Yiping Wang , Tejas Deshpande , Tim Kovachy