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We model the dynamics of attractively interacting ultracold bosonic atoms in a quasi-one-dimensional wave-guide with additional harmonic trapping. Initially, we prepare the system in its ground state and then shift the zero of the harmonic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-12-01 Bettina Gertjerenken , Timothy P. Wiles , Christoph Weiss

Atom interferometers allow determining inertial effects to high accuracy. Quantum-projection noise as well as systematic effects impose demands on large atomic flux as well as ultra-low expansion rates. Here we report on a high-flux source…

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

The far-field patterns of atoms diffracted from a classical light field, or from a quantum one in a photon-number state are identical. On the other hand, diffraction from a field in a coherent state, which shares many properties with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Katharina Soukup , Fabio Di Pumpo , Tobias Asano , Wolfgang P. Schleich , Enno Giese

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

A point source interferometer (PSI) is a device where atoms are split and recombined by applying a temporal sequence of Raman pulses during the expansion of a cloud of cold atoms behaving approximately as a point source. The PSI can work as…

We present the first demonstration of an inertially sensitive atomic interferometer based on a continuous, rather than pulsed, atomic beam at sub-Doppler temperatures in three dimensions. We demonstrate 30\% fringe contrast in continuous,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-02-24 J. M. Kwolek , A. T. Black

Hyperfine atomic states are among the most promising candidates for qubit encoding in quantum information processing. In atomic systems, hyperfine transitions are typically driven through a two-photon Raman process by a laser field which is…

Clock atom interferometry is an emerging technique in precision measurements that is particularly well suited for sensitivity enhancement through large momentum transfer (LMT). While current systems have demonstrated momentum separations of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Yijun Jiang , Jan Rudolph , Jason M. Hogan

Femtosecond interferometry combined with acousto-optical phase modulation is an effective approach to implement various types of coherent nonlinear and multidimensional spectroscopy schemes. The high sensitivity of this method has recently…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-02-24 Friedemann Landmesser , Nicolai Gölz , Ulrich Bangert , Tobias Sixt , Lukas Bruder

The coherence properties of a gas of bosonic atoms above the BEC transition temperature were studied. Bragg diffraction was used to create two spatially separated wave packets, which interfere during expansion. Given sufficient expansion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. E. Miller , J. R. Anglin , J. R. Abo-Shaeer , K. Xu , J. K. Chin , W. Ketterle

A many-body quantum system which consists of collective quantum states, such as superradiant and subradiant states, behaves as a multi-level superatom in light-matter interaction. In this work, we experimentally study one-dimensional…

The hybrid interferometer integrating an optical parametric amplifier and a beam splitter has the potential to outperform the SU(1,1) interferometer. However, photon loss remains a critical limitation for practical implementation. To…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Qisi Zhou , Tao Jiang , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Xin Su , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

Laser frequency fluctuation and atomic thermal motion can lead to errors in pulse duration and detuning in cold atom interferometry, thereby reducing measurement stability and fringe contrast. To address this issue, we investigate the use…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Yujuan Liu , Ziwen Song , Tingting Lin , Biao Tang , Aoxing Hao

Multi-loop matter-wave interferometers are essential in quantum sensing to measure the derivatives of physical quantities in time or space. Because multi-loop interferometers require multiple reflections, imperfections of the matter-wave…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 L. A. Sidorenkov , R. Gautier , M. Altorio , R. Geiger , A. Landragin

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

Atomic interferometry in optical lattices is a new trend of developing practical quantum gravimeter. Here, we propose a compact and portable gravimetry scheme with an ensemble of ultracold atoms in gravitationally tilted spin-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-28 Yongguan Ke , Jiahao Huang , Min Zhuang , Bo Lu , Chaohong Lee

We present the development of a laser system for performing single-photon atom interferometry on the 698 nm clock transition in ultracold Strontium. We coherently combine the power of two Titanium:Sapphire lasers and demonstrate chirps of…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-02 Kenneth DeRose , Tejas Deshpande , Yiping Wang , Tim Kovachy

Improving the phase resolution of interferometry is crucial for high-precision measurements of various physical quantities. Systematic phase errors dominate the phase uncertainties in most realistic optical interferometers. Here we propose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-03 Li Li , Yuan Li , You-Lang Zhang , Sixia Yu , Chao-Yang Lu , Nai-Le Liu , Jun Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

Ultracold atoms loaded on optical lattices can provide unprecedented experimental systems for the quantum simulations and manipulations of many quantum phases. However, so far, how to detect these quantum phases effectively remains an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jinwu Ye , J. M. Zhang , W. M. Liu , Keye Zhang , Yan Li , Weiping Zhang