Improved Atom Interferometer Performance Using Counterintuitive Simulated Raman Adiabatic Passage
Abstract
Atom interferometers depend on light/matter interactions and are extremely sensitive sensors capable of being employed as accelerometers, rotation sensors, and gravity and magnetic gradiometers. Typical interferometers use a well-known velocity (generally from atoms launched out of an atomic trap) to interferometrically measure quantities of interest (e.g., acceleration and rotation). This thesis evaluates the effects of atom velocity in an atom interferometer sensor that exists at NPS, which uses a continuous beam of cold rubidium atoms with a narrow but not monochromatic range of velocities passing through continuous laser fields
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1127111
Entities
People
- Branden Tatasciore
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School