Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock

We discuss a scheme to implement a gyroscopic atom sensor with magnetically trapped ultra-cold atoms. Unlike standard light or matter wave Sagnac interferometers no free wave propagation is used. Interferometer operation is controlled only with static, radio-frequency and microwave magnetic fields,...

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Main Authors: Fernholz, Thomas, Stevenson, Robin, Hush, Michael R., Lesanovsky, Igor, Bishop, Thomas, Gentile, Fabio, Jammi, Sindhu, Pyragius, Tadas, Bason, Mark G., Mas, Hector, Pandey, Saurabh, Vasilakis, Georgios, Poulios, Konstantinos, von Klitzing, Wolf
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author Fernholz, Thomas
Stevenson, Robin
Hush, Michael R.
Lesanovsky, Igor
Bishop, Thomas
Gentile, Fabio
Jammi, Sindhu
Pyragius, Tadas
Bason, Mark G.
Mas, Hector
Pandey, Saurabh
Vasilakis, Georgios
Poulios, Konstantinos
von Klitzing, Wolf
author_facet Fernholz, Thomas
Stevenson, Robin
Hush, Michael R.
Lesanovsky, Igor
Bishop, Thomas
Gentile, Fabio
Jammi, Sindhu
Pyragius, Tadas
Bason, Mark G.
Mas, Hector
Pandey, Saurabh
Vasilakis, Georgios
Poulios, Konstantinos
von Klitzing, Wolf
author_sort Fernholz, Thomas
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description We discuss a scheme to implement a gyroscopic atom sensor with magnetically trapped ultra-cold atoms. Unlike standard light or matter wave Sagnac interferometers no free wave propagation is used. Interferometer operation is controlled only with static, radio-frequency and microwave magnetic fields, which removes the need for interferometric stability of optical laser beams. Due to the confinement of atoms, the scheme may allow the construction of small scale portable sensors. We discuss the main elements of the scheme and report on recent results and efforts towards its experimental realization.
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spelling nottingham-395032020-05-04T17:44:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39503/ Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock Fernholz, Thomas Stevenson, Robin Hush, Michael R. Lesanovsky, Igor Bishop, Thomas Gentile, Fabio Jammi, Sindhu Pyragius, Tadas Bason, Mark G. Mas, Hector Pandey, Saurabh Vasilakis, Georgios Poulios, Konstantinos von Klitzing, Wolf We discuss a scheme to implement a gyroscopic atom sensor with magnetically trapped ultra-cold atoms. Unlike standard light or matter wave Sagnac interferometers no free wave propagation is used. Interferometer operation is controlled only with static, radio-frequency and microwave magnetic fields, which removes the need for interferometric stability of optical laser beams. Due to the confinement of atoms, the scheme may allow the construction of small scale portable sensors. We discuss the main elements of the scheme and report on recent results and efforts towards its experimental realization. SPIE 2016-04-29 Article PeerReviewed Fernholz, Thomas, Stevenson, Robin, Hush, Michael R., Lesanovsky, Igor, Bishop, Thomas, Gentile, Fabio, Jammi, Sindhu, Pyragius, Tadas, Bason, Mark G., Mas, Hector, Pandey, Saurabh, Vasilakis, Georgios, Poulios, Konstantinos and von Klitzing, Wolf (2016) Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock. Proceedings of SPIE, 9900 (990007). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1996-756X Atomic sensor Sagnac interferometer cold atom interferometry navigation sensor ring-shaped atom traps radio-frequency dressed potentials TAAP http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2520269 doi:10.1117/12.2229878 doi:10.1117/12.2229878
spellingShingle Atomic sensor
Sagnac interferometer
cold atom interferometry
navigation sensor
ring-shaped atom traps
radio-frequency dressed potentials
TAAP
Fernholz, Thomas
Stevenson, Robin
Hush, Michael R.
Lesanovsky, Igor
Bishop, Thomas
Gentile, Fabio
Jammi, Sindhu
Pyragius, Tadas
Bason, Mark G.
Mas, Hector
Pandey, Saurabh
Vasilakis, Georgios
Poulios, Konstantinos
von Klitzing, Wolf
Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title_full Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title_fullStr Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title_full_unstemmed Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title_short Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
title_sort towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock
topic Atomic sensor
Sagnac interferometer
cold atom interferometry
navigation sensor
ring-shaped atom traps
radio-frequency dressed potentials
TAAP
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39503/
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