Atom Interferometry |
In General
> s.a. atomic physics; molecular physics;
neutrons.
* Idea: Interference
between atoms in a double-slit experiment was first seen in 1991;
It can now can be used as a gyroscope using the Sagnac effect, or
to measure accelerations (with a precision of the order of
10−9 g); A space
version has been proposed as a way to improve tests of violations of the
equivalence principle, as a high-resolution gradiometer, and to map the
gravitomagnetic field (as opposed to integrating it like with Gravity
Probe-B); 2008, Used to measure G.
@ General references:
Bordeé PLA(89);
Carnal & Mlynek PRL(91);
Keith et al PRL(91);
Vušković et al qp/01;
Miffre et al PS(06)qp [rev];
Dowling et al PRA(06)ap [and molecules];
Pereira Dos Santos & Landragin pw(07)dec;
Cronin et al RMP(09)-a0712 [rev];
news pw(12)sep [single-atom interference];
McKee PNAS(15);
Abend et al a2001-proc [intro, and applications].
@ Practical aspects and applications: Clauser PhyB(88) [as accelerometers];
Kasevich & Chu PRL(91) [photon beam as splitter];
Wang et al a0808 [detecting translation speed?];
Chiow et al PRL(11)
+ Schmiedmayer & Arndt Phy(11) [beam-splitter techniques for increased precision];
Arndt PT(14)may [as measurement tools];
Hamilton et al PRL(15) [in an optical cavity];
Garrido Phy(17) [based on warm gas];
news Phy(17)jun [for lighter atoms];
Kastner et al NJP(20)-a2007 [active atom interferometry];
> s.a. acceleration.
@ In space:
Jentsch et al GRG(04) [HYPER satellite mission];
news pw(06)sep [GAUGE mission proposal];
Müntinga et al PRL(13)
+ Arndt Phy(13) [BECs in microgravity];
Schuldt et al EA(15)-a1412 [design].
@ Entangled atoms:
von Borzeszkowski & Mensky PLA(01);
Yurtsever qp/01;
Mensky PLA(01).
@ And quantum theory: Marzlin et al PRA(08) [complementarity and uncertainty relations];
Haine & Ferris PRA(11)-a1108 [surpassing the standard quantum limit];
> s.a. decoherence.
> Online resources: see Müller group
page at UC Berkeley;
Wikipedia page.
And Gravity
@ General references: Mathevet et al CQG(02) [non-Newtonian gravitational potentials];
Dimopoulos et al PRL(07)gq/06,
PRD(08)-a0802 [and tests of general relativity];
Roura et al NJP(14)-a1401 [overcoming loss of contrast due to gravity gradients];
Burrage et al JCAP(15)-a1408 [as dark energy probe];
> s.a. Chameleon Field; Coriolis
Force [cold atoms for precision inertial measurements].
@ Experiments:
Hamilton et al PRL(14) [with antiatoms];
Biedermann et al PRA(15)-a1412 [horizontal gravity gradiometer];
Rosi et al PRL(15) [measuring the change in the gravity gradient produced by a large mass];
news upi(16)dec [using Bose-Einstein condensates];
news pt(19)dec [using an optical lattice to hold the atoms];
Roura PRX(20)
[proposed superposition of atomic clocks at different heights];
Tino a2009 [rev].
@ And spacetime curvature:
Chiao & Speliotopoulos IJMPD(03);
Asenbaum et al PRL(17)-a1610
+ Jaffe & Müller Phy(17) [phase shift].
> Related topics: see gravitational
constant; gravitational redshift; gravitational-wave
interferometers; particle effects in quantum-gravity;
tests of the equivalence principle.
> Specific experiments:
see Michelson-Morley Experiment.
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