Enhanced atom interferometer readout through the application of phase shear

Autor: Sugarbaker, Alex, Dickerson, Susannah M., Hogan, Jason M., Johnson, David M. S., Kasevich, Mark A.
Rok vydání: 2013
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.113002
Popis: We present a method for determining the phase and contrast of a single shot of an atom interferometer. The application of a phase shear across the atom ensemble yields a spatially varying fringe pattern at each output port, which can be imaged directly. This method is broadly relevant to atom interferometric precision measurement, as we demonstrate in a 10 m Rb-87 atomic fountain by implementing an atom interferometric gyrocompass with 10 millidegree precision.
Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures
Databáze: arXiv