Enhancing the area of a Raman atom interferometer using a versatile double-diffraction technique
Atomic Physics
2009-08-24 v2
Abstract
IIn this paper we demonstrate a new scheme for Raman transitions which realize a symmetric momentum-space splitting of , deflecting the atomic wave-packets into the same internal state. Combining the advantages of Raman and Bragg diffraction, we achieve a three pulse state labelled interferometer, intrinsically insensitive to the main systematics and applicable to all kind of atomic sources. This splitting scheme can be extended to momentum transfer by a multipulse sequence and is implemented on a interferometer. We demonstrate the area enhancement by measuring inertial forces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.3266,
title = {Enhancing the area of a Raman atom interferometer using a versatile double-diffraction technique},
author = {Thomas Lévèque and A. Gauguet and Franck Michaud and Franck Pereira Dos Santos and Arnaud Landragin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.3266},
year = {2009}
}