Simultaneous Precision Gravimetry and Magnetic Gradiometry with a Bose-Einstein Condensate: A High Precision, Quantum Sensor

K. S. Hardman, P. J. Everitt, G. D. McDonald, P. Manju, P. B. Wigley, M. A. Sooriyabandara, C. C.N. Kuhn, J. E. Debs, J. D. Close, N. P. Robins

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    Abstract

    A Bose-Einstein condensate is used as an atomic source for a high precision sensor. A 5×106 atom F=1 spinor condensate of Rb87 is released into free fall for up to 750 ms and probed with a T=130 ms Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer based on Bragg transitions. The Bragg interferometer simultaneously addresses the three magnetic states |mf=1,0,-1«, facilitating a simultaneous measurement of the acceleration due to gravity with a 1000 run precision of Δg/g=1.45×10-9 and the magnetic field gradient to a precision of 120 pT/m.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number138501
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume117
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2016

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