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We report the demonstration of a sensitive absolute gravity gradiometer based on light-pulse atom interference techniques. The gradiometer consists of two absolute accelerometers operated in a differential mode. We report a differential…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. McGuirk , G. T. Foster , J. B. Fixler , M. J. Snadden , M. A. Kasevich

Cold atom interferometry (CAI)-based quantum accelerometers are very promising for future satellite gravity missions thanks to their strength in providing long-term stable and precise measurements of non-gravitational accelerations.…

We present a framework for relativistic quantum metrology that is useful for both Earth-based and space-based technologies. Quantum metrology has been so far successfully applied to design precision instruments such as clocks and sensors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-23 Mehdi Ahmadi , David Edward Bruschi , Carlos Sabín , Gerardo Adesso , Ivette Fuentes

We present the first direct measurement of the gravity-field curvature based on three conjugated atom interferometers. Three atomic clouds launched in the vertical direction are simultaneously interrogated by the same atom interferometry…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-01-08 G. Rosi , L. Cacciapuoti , F. Sorrentino , M. Menchetti , M. Prevedelli , G. M. Tino

We present a compact high-resolution gravity gradiometer based on dual Rb-85 atom interferometers using stimulated Raman transitions. A baseline L=44.5 cm and an interrogation time T=130 ms are realized in a sensor head with volume of less…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-02-25 Wei Lyu , Jia-Qi Zhong , Xiao-Wei Zhang , Wu Liu , Lei Zhu , Wei-Hao Xu , Xi Chen , Biao Tang , Jin Wang , Ming-Sheng Zhan

Robust and accurate acceleration tracking remains a challenge in many fields. For geophysics and economic geology, precise gravity mapping requires onboard sensors combined with accurate positioning and navigation systems. Cold-atom-based…

A dynamic gravimeter with an atomic interferometer (AI) can perform absolute gravity measurements with high precision. AI-based dynamic gravity measurement is a type of joint measurement that uses AI sensors and a classical accelerometer.…

Accurate and continuous monitoring of Earth's gravity field is essential for tracking mass redistribution processes linked to climate variability, hydrological cycles, and geodynamic phenomena. While the GRACE and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO)…

The precise measurement of the gravity of the earth plays a pivotal role in various fundamental research and application fields. Although a few gravimeters have been reported to achieve this goal, miniaturization of high-precision…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Yingchun Leng , Yiming Chen , Rui Li , Lihua Wang , Hao Wang , Lei Wang , Han Xie , Chang-Kui Duan , Pu Huang , Jiangfeng Du

Mapping the Earth's gravity field from space offers valuable insights into climate change, hydro- and biosphere evolution, and seismic activity. Current satellite gravimetry missions have demonstrated the utility of gravity data in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-06 Joao Encarnacao , Christian Siemes , Ilias Daras , Olivier Carraz , Aaron Strangfeld , Philipp Zingerle , Roland Pail

We present a horizontal gravity gradiometer atom interferometer for precision gravitational tests. The horizontal configuration is superior for maximizing the inertial signal in the atom interferometer from a nearby proof mass. In our…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 G. W. Biedermann , X. Wu , L. Deslauriers , S. Roy , C. Mahadeswaraswamy , M. A. Kasevich

The measurement precision of the static atomic gravimetry is limited by white Gaussian noise in short term, which costs previous works an inevitable integration to reach the precision demanded. Here, we propose a statistical model based on…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Bo-Nan Jiang

In this paper, a hypothesis that the cosmological gravitational potential can be measured with the use of high-precision atomic clocks is proposed and substantiated. The consideration is made with the use of a quasi-classical description of…

General Physics · Physics 2019-01-03 V. I. Yudin , A. V. Taichenachev

The absolute accuracy of the estimated parameters of gravitational wave sources will be fundamentally limited by the calibration uncertainties of the detectors in upcoming observation runs with the increased number of source statistics.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Yuki Inoue , Sadakazu Haino , Nobuyuki Kanda , Yujiro Ogawa , Toshikazu Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru , Takahiro Yamamoto , Takaaki Yokozawa

Measurement of gravitomagnetic field is of fundamental importance as a test of general relativity. Here we present a new theoretical project for performing such a measurement based on detection of the electric field arising from the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Ahmedov , N. I. Rakhmatov

The emergence of quantum technologies, including cold atom based accelerometers, offers an opportunity to improve the performances of space geodesy missions. In this context, CNES initiated an assessment study called GRICE (GRadiom\'etrie…

Harnessing the potential of quantum sensors to assist in navigation requires enabling their operation in complex, dynamic environments and integrating them within existing navigation systems. While cross-couplings from platform dynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Samuel Lellouch , Michael Holynski

In this paper we very preliminarily investigate the possibility of measuring the post-Newtonian general relativistic gravitoelectric and gravitomagnetic components of the acceleration of gravity on the Earth, in continuous regime, with two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-05-27 Lorenzo Iorio

We generalize the Hamiltonian picture of General Relativity coupled to classical matter, known as geometrodynamics, to the case where such matter is described by a Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, but gravity is still described by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-20 J. L. Alonso , C. Bouthelier-Madre , J. Clemente-Gallardo , D. Martínez-Crespo

We show that the gravitational acceleration can be measured with the matter-wave Ramsey interferometry, by using a nitrogen-vacancy center coupled to a nano-mechanical resonator. We propose two experimental methods to realize the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Xing-yan Chen , Zhang-qi Yin