Symmetric micro-wave potentials for interferometry with thermal atoms on a chip

Autor: Ammar, M., Dupont-Nivet, M., Huet, L., Pocholle, J. -P., Rosenbusch, P., Bouchoule, I., Westbrook, C. I., Estève, J., Reichel, J., Guerlin, C., Schwartz, S.
Rok vydání: 2014
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.91.053623
Popis: A trapped atom interferometer involving state-selective adiabatic potentials with two microwave frequencies on a chip is proposed. We show that this configuration provides a way to achieve a high degree of symmetry between the two arms of the interferometer, which is necessary for coherent splitting and recombination of thermal (i.e. non-condensed) atoms. The resulting interferometer holds promise to achieve high contrast and long coherence time, while avoiding the mean-field interaction issues of interferometers based on trapped Bose-Einstein condenstates.
Databáze: arXiv