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We propose and demonstrate a method for calibrating atomic trajectories in a large-area dual-atom-interferometer gyroscope. The atom trajectories are monitored by modulating and delaying the Raman transition, and they are precisely…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Zhan-Wei Yao , Si-Bin Lu , Run-Bing Li , Jun Luo , Jin Wang , Ming-Sheng Zhan

Quantum sensors based on atom interferometers are advancing both fundamental physics and practical applications, with higher sensitivity being a key requirement for these investigations. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a sensitivity…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Sotatsu Otabe , Naoki Kaku , Tomoya Sato , Martin Miranda , Takuya Kawasaki , Mikio Kozuma

We realize a Mach-Zehnder-type dual-atom-interferometer gyroscope with an interrogation arm of 40 cm length and the interference area up to 1.2 cm$^2$. The precise angular alignment of the large-scale separated Raman lasers is demonstrated…

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…

In this lecture, we describe a number of advanced gain calibration techniques. In particular, self-calibration is an important tool in interferometric imaging at all wavelengths. It allows the observer to determine and remove residual phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-15 Crystal L. Brogan , Todd R. Hunter , Ed B. Fomalont

This paper presents an efficient in-field calibration method tailored for low-cost triaxial MEMS gyroscopes often used in healthcare applications. Traditional calibration techniques are challenging to implement in clinical settings due to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-16 Li Wang , Rob Duffield , Deborah Fox , Athena Hammond , Andrew J. Zhang , Wei Xing Zheng , Steven W. Su

In the presence of Earth gravity and gravity-gradient forces, centrifugal and Coriolis forces caused by the Earth rotation, the phase of the time-domain atom interferometers is calculated with accuracy up to the terms proportional to the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Dubetsky , M. A. Kasevich

Magnetometers, gyroscopes and accelerometers are commonly used sensors in a variety of applications. The paper proposes a novel gyroscope calibration method in the homogeneous magnetic field by the help of magnetometer. It is shown that,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Yuanxin Wu , Ling Pei

The techniques of laser cooling combined with atom interferometry make possible the realization of very sensitive and accurate inertial sensors like gyroscopes or accelerometers. Besides earth-based developments, the use of these techniques…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-08-29 Arnaud Landragin , Franck Pereira Dos Santos

High-precision gyroscopes in space are essential for fundamental physics research and navigation. Due to its potential high precision, the cold atom gyroscope is expected to be the next generation of gyroscopes in space. Here, we report the…

Atomic interferometers measure forces and acceleration with exceptional precision. The conventional approach to atomic interferometry is to launch an atomic cloud into a ballistic trajectory and perform the wave-packet splitting in momentum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Jonathan Nemirovsky , Rafi Weill , Ilan Meltzer , Yoav Sagi

This paper developed an efficient method for calibrating triaxial MEMS gyroscopes, which can be effectively utilized in the field environment. The core strategy is to utilize the criterion that the dot product of the measured gravity and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Yaqi Li , Li Wang , Zhitao Wang , Xiangqing Li , Steven W. Su

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 study of the long-term stability and absolute accuracy of an atom interferometer gyroscope. This study included the implementation of an electro-optical technique to reverse the vector area of the interferometer for reduced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. S. Durfee , Y. K. Shaham , M. A. Kasevich

We demonstrate area-enclosing atom interferometry based on a moving guide. Light pulses along the free propagation direction of a magnetic guide are applied to split and recombine the confined atomic matter-wave, while the atoms are…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-10-15 Saijun Wu , Edward J. Su , Mara Prentiss

This manual is intended to help ALMA and other interferometer users improve images by recognising limitations and how to overcome them and deciding when and how to use self-calibration. The images provided by the ALMA Science Archive are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-13 A. M. S. Richards , E. Moravec , S. Etoka , E. B. Fomalont , A. F. Pérez-Sánchez , M. C. Toribio , R. A. Laing

We present the full evaluation of a cold atom gyroscope based on atom interferometry. We have performed extensive studies to determine the systematic errors, scale factor and sensitivity. We demonstrate that the acceleration noise can be…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Gauguet , Benjamin Canuel , Thomas Lévèque , Walid Chaibi , Arnaud Landragin

This paper presents an efficient servomotor-aided calibration method for the triaxial gyroscope. The entire calibration process only requires approximately one minute, and does not require high-precision equipment. This method is based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Li Wang , Tao Zhang , Lin Ye , Jiao Jiao Li , Steven Su

In an atomic interferometer, the phase shift due to rotation is proportional to the area enclosed by the split components of the atom. However, this model is unclear for an atomic interferometer demonstrated recently by Shahriar et al., for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. S. Shahriar , M. Jheeta , Y. Tan , P. Pradhan , A. Gangat

Wavefront aberrations are identified as a major limitation in quantum sensors. They are today the main contribution in the uncertainty budget of best cold atom interferometers based on two-photon laser beam splitters, and constitute an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-04-25 Azer Trimeche , Mehdi Langlois , Sébastien Merlet , Franck Pereira dos Santos
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