Utility of atomic kicked-rotor interferometers for precision measurements

We theoretically investigate a proposed scheme to use an atomic {delta}-kicked rotor resonance for high-precision measurements of accelerations and the photon recoil frequency. Although the technique offers rapid scaling of the measurement sensitivity with pulse number, it also features a high sensi...

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Published in:Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2011-06, Vol.83 (6), Article 063613
Main Authors: Horne, R. A., Leonard, R. H., Sackett, C. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCELERATION
ACCURACY
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
BOSONS
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
INTERFEROMETERS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PHOTONS
PULSES
RECOILS
RESONANCE
ROTORS
SCALING
SENSITIVITY
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Summary:We theoretically investigate a proposed scheme to use an atomic {delta}-kicked rotor resonance for high-precision measurements of accelerations and the photon recoil frequency. Although the technique offers rapid scaling of the measurement sensitivity with pulse number, it also features a high sensitivity to initial atomic momentum. We find that for realistic atom sources, the momentum sensitivity significantly limits the achievable precision. We consider several different variations on the technique, but find similar limitations in all cases.
ISSN:1050-2947
1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063613