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We analyze a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) - based free oscillation atom Michelson interferometer in a weakly confining harmonic magnetic trap. A BEC at the center of the trap is split into two harmonics by a laser standing wave. The…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Rudra P. Kafle , Dana Z. Anderson , Alex A. Zozulya

In the case of an external Hamiltonian at most quadratic in position and momentum operators, we use the ABCD formulation of atom optics to establish an exact analytical phase shift expression for atom interferometers with arbitrary spatial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ch. Antoine , Ch. J. Borde

We report on the experimental realization of an atom optical device, that allows scanning of an atomic beam. We used a time-modulated evanescent wave field above a glass surface to diffract a continuous beam of metastable Neon atoms at…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Hilmar Oberst , Shigenori Kasashima , Victor I. Balykin , Fujio Shimizu

Conical intersections (CI) between molecular potential energy surfaces with non-vanishing non-adiabatic couplings generally occur in any molecule consisting of at least three atoms. They play a fundamental role in describing the molecular…

The problem of long-distance teleportation of single-atom qubits via a common photonic channel is examined within the framework of a Mach-Zender optical interferometer. As expected, when a coherent state is used as input, a high-finesse…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. P. Huang , M. G. Moore

Particle-wave duality enables the construction of interferometers for matter waves, which complement optical interferometers in precision measurement devices. This requires the development of atom-optics analogs to beam splitters, phase…

A new type of atomic interferometer is proposed, in which the traditional method of measuring the state of an atom is replaced by the technique of polarization spectroscopy using the working substance of a clot of condensate of two-level…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 A. Zh. Muradyan

A versatile miniature de Broglie waveguide is formed by two parallel current-carrying wires in the presence of a uniform bias field. We derive a variety of analytical expressions to describe the guide and present a quantum theory to show…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. A. Hinds , C. J. Vale , M. G. Boshier

The interaction of Na atoms with a surface was probed by inserting a nanofabricated material grating into one arm of an atom interferometer (IFM). This technique permits a direct measurement of the change in phase and coherence of matter…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 John D. Perreault , Alexander D. Cronin

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have been extensively exploited to enhance light--matter interactions in metamaterials, yet their emergence and utility in multi-atom waveguide platforms remain far less explored. Here we study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Xiang Guo , Xiaojun Zhang , Mingzhu Weng , Qian Bin , Hao-di Liu , Hai-Jun Xing , Xin-You Lü , Zhihai Wang

Common path interferometers (CPI) are significant due to their compactness and vibration resistance. The usual challenge in CPI would arise due to a very small separation between reference and sample beams, where sending a reference beam…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-06 Pritam P Shetty , Hemalatha V , Mahalingam Babu , Jayachandra Bingi

Optical transition radiation interferometry (OTRI) has been shown to be a very useful technique to measure the divergence of electron beams with energies in the range of 15-100 MeV. However, application of this method to low energy or very…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Shkvarunets , R. B. Fiorito , P. G. O'Shea

We introduce shaken lattice interferometry with atoms trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice. By phase modulating (shaking) the lattice, we control the momentum state of the atoms. Through a sequence of shaking functions, the atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-25 C. A. Weidner , Hoon Yu , Ronnie Kosloff , and Dana Z. Anderson

We examine the passage of ultracold two-level atoms through two separated laser fields for the nonresonant case. We show that implications of the atomic quantized motion change dramatically the behavior of the interference fringes compared…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Seidel , J. G. Muga

Cold-atom interferometry is a powerful tool for high-precision measurements of the quantum properties of atoms, many-body interactions and gravity. Further enhancement of sensitivity and reduction of complexity of these devices are crucial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 Jovana Petrovic , Ivan Herrera , Pietro Lombardi , Francesco S. Cataliotti

We experimentally demonstrate interferometer-type guiding structures for neutral atoms based on dipole potentials created by micro-fabricated optical systems. As a central element we use an array of atom waveguides being formed by focusing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Dumke , T. Muether , M. Volk , W. Ertmer , G. Birkl

Atom-interferometer gyroscopes have attracted much attention for their potential superior long-term stability and extremely low drift. For such high precision instrument, a self-calibration to achieve an absolute rotation measurement is…

Interferometry is a prime technique for modern precision measurements. Atoms, unlike light, have significant interactions with electric, magnetic, and gravitational fields, making their use in interferometric applications particularly…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-07-12 Maren E. Mossman , Ryan A. Corbin , Michael McNeil Forbes , Peter Engels

Atom interferometers are promising tools for precision measurement with applications ranging from geophysical exploration to tests of the equivalence principle of general relativity, or the detection of gravitational waves. Their optimal…

The continuous-variable controlled-Z gate is a canonical two-mode gate for universal continuous-variable quantum computation. It is considered as one of the most fundamental continuous-variable quantum gates. Here we present a scheme for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Ming-Feng Wang , Nian-Quan Jiang , Qing-Li Jin , Yi-Zhuang Zheng