New Developments in Atom Interferometry.

Abstract

Atom interferometers may well be the most important development in atomic physics in the 1990's. Following the near simultaneous demonstration of four atom interferometers in 1991 (CAM9 1, KAC9 1, KET9 1, RKW9 1), intense activity has been devoted to developing better atom beamsplitters ASM94 and some effort has been devoted to applying these instruments to the wide range of fundamental and applied scientific problems for which they are so well suited. In the current grant period we have developed our atom interferometer and used it to perform several novel measurements in atomic and molecular physics and also to address several fundamental questions in quantum mechanics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 1995
Accession Number
ADA303073

Entities

People

  • David Pritchard

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Forward Scattering
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometry
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Optics
  • Phase Shift
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing