Atom Wave Interferometer.

Abstract

The development of atom interferometers represents a significant advance in atomic physics. They give us the ability to measure accurately interactions that shift the phase or energy of the particles in one of the two interfering paths in the interferometer. This allows qualitatively new measurements in atomic and molecular physics and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics (especially in areas involving atom-photon interactions), and provides new ways to measure accelerations and rotations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 1995
Accession Number
ADA296473

Entities

People

  • David Pritchard

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atoms
  • Bose Einstein Condensates
  • Diffraction
  • Dye Lasers
  • Gratings (Spectra)
  • Interferometers
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Optics
  • Phase Shift
  • Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing