Precision inertial sensing with quantum gases
Abstract
Quantum sensors based on light-pulse atom interferometers allow for high-precision measurements of inertial and electromagnetic forces such as the accurate determination of fundamental constants as the fine structure constant or testing foundational laws of modern physics as the equivalence principle. These schemes unfold their full performance when large interrogation times and/or large momentum transfer can be implemented. In this article, we demonstrate how precision interferometry can benefit from the use of Bose-Einstein condensed sources when the state of the art is challenged. We contrast systematic and statistical effects induced by Bose-Einstein condensed sources with thermal sources in three exemplary science cases of Earth- and space-based sensors.
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@article{arxiv.2009.03635,
title = {Precision inertial sensing with quantum gases},
author = {Thomas Hensel and Sina Loriani and Christian Schubert and Florian Fitzek and Sven Abend and Holger Ahlers and Jan-Niclas Siemß and Klemens Hammerer and Ernst Maria Rasel and Naceur Gaaloul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.03635},
year = {2021}
}
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13 pages