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Atom Interferometry Using Wave Packets with Constant Spatial Displacements

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2010

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Su, Edward J., Saijun Wu and Mara G. Prentiss. 2010. Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements 81(4): 043631.

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A standing-wave light-pulse sequence is demonstrated that places atoms into a superposition of wave packets with precisely controlled displacements that remain constant for times as long as 1 s. The separated wave packets are subsequently recombined, resulting in atom interference patterns that probe energy differences of \(\approx10^{-34} J\) and can provide acceleration measurements that are insensitive to platform vibrations.

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guiding neutral atoms, matter-wave, time-domain, optics

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