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A new class of atomic interferences using ultra-narrow optical transitions are pushing quantum engineering control to a very high level of precision for a next generation of sensors and quantum gate operations. In such context, we propose a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 T. Zanon-Willette , D. Wilkowski , R. Lefevre , A. V. Taichenachev , V. I. Yudin

In the field of quantum precision measurement, enhancing phase sensitivity is crucial for various applications, including quantum metrology and quantum sensing technologies. We theoretically investigate the improvement in phase sensitivity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Tao Jiang , Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Nanrun Zhou , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

Atom interferometric inertial sensors offer exceptional sensitivity but are fundamentally constrained by the periodic phase response of matter-wave interference, which imposes an intrinsic half-fringe dynamic-range limit and prevents…

The precision of quantum sensing could be improved by exploiting quantum phase transitions, where the physical quantity tends to diverge when the system approaches the quantum critical point. This critical enhancement phenomenon has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Shao-Bo Tang , Hao Qin , D. -Y. Wang , Kaifeng Cui , S. -L. Su , L. -L. Yan , Gang Chen

The use of Raman laser generated by modulation for light-pulse atom interferometer allows to have a laser system more compact and robust. However, the additional laser frequencies generated can perturb the atom interferometer. In this…

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

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

Continuous weak or fuzzy measurement of the Rabi oscillation of a two level atom subjected to a $\pi-$pulse of a resonant light field is simulated numerically. We thereby address the question whether it is possible to measure characteristic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Audretsch , Th. Konrad , M. Mensky

We theoretically study the angular displacements estimation based on a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), in which two optical parametric amplifiers (PAs) are introduced into two arms of the standard MZI, respectively. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-10 Gao-Feng Jiao , Qiang Wang , L. Q. Chen , Weiping Zhang , Chun-Hua Yuan

We present a pair of simultaneous conjugate Ramsey-Borde atom interferometers (SCI) using large (20\hbar k)-momentum transfer (LMT) beam splitters, where \hbar k is the photon momentum. Simultaneous operation allows for common-mode…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-07-29 Sven Herrmann , Sheng-wey Chiow , Steven Chu , Holger Mueller

High precision interferometers are the building blocks of precision metrology and the ultimate interferometric sensitivity is limited by the quantum noise. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compact quantum interferometer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Xiaojie Zuo , Zhihui Yan , Yanni Feng , Jingxu Ma , Xiaojun Jia , Changde Xie , Kunchi Peng

In this work, the peculiarities of Ramsey resonance and its sensitivity to the light shift from an optically dense medium of cold atoms are investigated. We considered different composite pulse protocols for clock spectroscopy such as…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-07-26 K. A. Barantsev , T. Zanon-Willette , A. N. Litvinov

Interferometry is a widely-used technique for precision measurements in both classical and quantum contexts. One way to increase the precision of phase measurements, for example in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), is to use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 Stefan Ataman , Anca Preda , Radu Ionicioiu

We investigate the use of an atomic Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) with a pulsed non-interacting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) source as a space-based acceleration sensor. We derive an analytic approximation for the device's transmission…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Manju Perumbil , Matthew J. Blacker , Stuart S. Szigeti , Simon A. Haine

Recent progress in generating entangled spin states of neutral atoms provides opportunities to advance quantum sensing technology. In particular, entanglement can enhance the performance of accelerometers and gravimeters based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-07 Constantin Brif , Brandon P. Ruzic , Grant W. Biedermann

Stimulated Raman spectroscopy has become a powerful tool to study the spatiodynamics of molecular bonds with high sensitivity, resolution and speed. However, sensitivity and speed of state-of-the-art stimulated Raman spectroscopy are…

We perform the experimental demonstration of the method proposed in [Phys. Rev. A 91, 063615 (2015)] to extract the differential phase in dual atom interferometers. From a single magneto-optical trap, we generate two atomic sources,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 M. Langlois , R. Caldani , A. Trimeche , S. Merlet , Franck Pereira dos Santos

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

Multiphoton resonances demonstrate the physical significance of counter-rotating wave terms in light-matter interactions. These resonances, however, are sensitive to detuning errors, making the phenomena challenging to experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Hao-Lin Zhong , Ke-Xiong Yan , Yi-Ming Yu , Shao-Wei Xu , Zhi-Cheng Shi , Ye-Hong Chen , Yan Xia

Wavefront distortions are a leading source of systematic uncertainty in light-pulse atom interferometry, limiting absolute measurements of gravitational acceleration at the 30 nm/s$^2$ level. Here, we demonstrate in situ spatially resolved…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Joseph Junca , John Kitching , William McGehee