Experiments in Cold Atom Optics at ARL I: Introduction to Atom Chip Set-up

Abstract

Gyroscopes based on ultracold atom interferometry have the potential to exhibit an intrinsic sensitivity larger by a factor of 4 x 1010 than for light-based interferometers. One of the major technical challenges for the advancement of atom optics and development of practical guided matter wave interferometers is the realization of coherent beam splitters. The overall focus of our research program is to develop a physical understanding of the conditions needed for coherent beam splitting and transport and use this knowledge to implement atom chip based interferometers using clouds of ultracold atoms. In this report we describe our experimental apparatus in detail and discuss the current progress towards interferometric measurements with clouds of ultracold atoms in a chip-based magnetic waveguide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553801

Entities

People

  • Christopher Rowlett
  • Jason Alexander
  • Patricia Lee
  • Violeta Prieto
  • William Golding

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bose Einstein Condensates
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • Interferometers
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Cooling
  • Lasers
  • Magneto Optical Traps
  • Measurement
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optics
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.