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

Abstract

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.

Citation

Fernholz, T., Stevenson, R., Hush, M. R., Lesanovsky, I., Bishop, T., Gentile, F., Jammi, S., Pyragius, T., Bason, M. G., Mas, H., Pandey, S., Vasilakis, G., Poulios, K., & von Klitzing, W. Towards rotation sensing with a single atomic clock. Presented at SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: SPIE Photonics Europe
• Acceptance Date: Apr 3, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 29, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 3, 2017
• Journal: Proceedings of SPIE
• Print ISSN: 0277-786X
• Electronic ISSN: 1996-756X
• Publisher: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9900
• Issue: 990007
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229878
• Keywords: Atomic sensor, Sagnac interferometer, cold atom interferometry, navigation sensor, ring-shaped atom traps, radio-frequency dressed potentials, TAAP
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/783283
• Publisher URL: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2520269
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• Contract Date: Jan 3, 2017