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We present an application of a quadrature phase interferometer to the measurement of the angular position of a parallel laser beam with interferometric precision. In our experimental realization we reach a resolution of 6.8e-10 rad (1.4e-4…
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This paper aims at presenting the basic functionality of a radar platform for real-time monitoring of displacement and vibration. The real time capabilities make the radar platform useful when live monitoring of targets is required. The…
We propose a precision measurement of time variations of the proton-electron mass ratio using ultracold molecules in an optical lattice. Vibrational energy intervals are sensitive to changes of the mass ratio. In contrast to measurements…
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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.…
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The calibration technique for accelerometers has been internationally developed for up to 20 kHz to ensure the reliability of vibration measurement. However, it has been established that the calibrated sensitivity changes at over 10 kHz…
We report on an absolute frequency measurement of the ${\rm Lu}^{+}\,(^{3}\rm D_1)$ standard frequency which is defined as the hyperfine-average of $^{1}\rm S_0$ to $^{3}\rm D_1$ optical clock transitions in $^{176}{\rm Lu}^{+}$. The…
In recent years microfabricated microwave cavities have been extremely successful in a wide variety of detector applications. In this article we focus this technology on the challenge of quantum-limited displacement detection of a…
A long-held vision has been to realize diffraction-limited optical aperture synthesis over kilometer baselines. This will enable imaging of stellar surfaces and their environments, and reveal interacting gas flows in binary systems. An…