Atom Interferometer Modeling Tool

Abstract

Over phase II of this STTR, we developed a flexible and powerful tool, called LiveAtom, for designing and modeling experiments with cold and ultra-cold atoms. The tool was developed using a flexible development methodology that allowed us to build on our successes in phase I of the contract, and to quickly incorporate feedback from a variety of different research groups that were using the tool. In this report, we describe the resulting product and show different examples of the two and three dimensional visualizations the tool provides. We discuss the major computational features of the tool, and describe the motivation for their development. Finally, we discuss the reception of the tool by our users and in the larger cold atom research community. LiveAtom is a reliable and valuable tool for groups working with atom chips, has been validated against real world experiments, and is currently in use at several different laboratories across the country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 2011
Accession Number
ADA550363

Entities

People

  • David Van Wie

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Experimental Design
  • Geometry
  • Interferometers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Optical Lattices
  • Particle Swarm Optimization
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design