Proper time in atom interferometers: Diffractive versus specular mirrors
Quantum Physics
2019-02-05 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Atomic Physics
Abstract
We compare a conventional Mach-Zehnder light-pulse atom interferometer based on diffractive mirrors with one that uses specular reflection. In contrast to diffractive mirrors that generate a symmetric configuration, specular mirrors realized, for example, by evanescent fields lead under the influence of gravity to an asymmetric geometry. In such an arrangement the interferometer phase contains nonrelativistic signatures of proper time.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1902.01188,
title = {Proper time in atom interferometers: Diffractive versus specular mirrors},
author = {Enno Giese and Alexander Friedrich and Fabio Di Pumpo and Albert Roura and Wolfgang P. Schleich and Daniel M. Greenberger and Ernst M. Rasel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01188},
year = {2019}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure, 1 table