Advances toward fieldable atom interferometers

FA Narducci, AT Black, JH Burke - Advances in Physics: X, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We review the field of atom interferometer inertial sensors. We begin by reviewing the path
integral formulation of atom interferometers and then specialize the treatment to light-pulse …

Precision gravity tests and the Einstein equivalence principle

GM Tino, L Cacciapuoti, S Capozziello… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020 - Elsevier
General Relativity is today the best theory of gravity addressing a wide range of phenomena.
Our understanding of physical laws, from cosmology to local scales, cannot be properly …

Continuous Cold-Atom Inertial Sensor with Rotation Stability

I Dutta, D Savoie, B Fang, B Venon, CL Garrido Alzar… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report the operation of a cold-atom inertial sensor which continuously captures the
rotation signal. Using a joint interrogation scheme, where we simultaneously prepare a cold …

High-accuracy inertial measurements with cold-atom sensors

R Geiger, A Landragin, S Merlet… - AVS Quantum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The research on cold-atom interferometers gathers a large community of about 50 groups
worldwide both in the academic and now in the industrial sectors. The interest in this sub …

Demonstration of an ultrahigh-sensitivity atom-interferometry absolute gravimeter

ZK Hu, BL Sun, XC Duan, MK Zhou, LL Chen… - Physical Review A …, 2013 - APS
We present an ultrahigh-sensitivity gravimeter based on an 87 Rb atom interferometer using
stimulated Raman transitions. Compared with our previous work, a two-dimensional …

Test of Equivalence Principle at Level by a Dual-Species Double-Diffraction Raman Atom Interferometer

L Zhou, S Long, B Tang, X Chen, F Gao, W Peng… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We report an improved test of the weak equivalence principle by using a simultaneous Rb
85-Rb 87 dual-species atom interferometer. We propose and implement a four-wave double …

ZAIGA: Zhaoshan long-baseline atom interferometer gravitation antenna

MS Zhan, J Wang, WT Ni, DF Gao, G Wang… - … Journal of Modern …, 2020 - World Scientific
The Zhaoshan long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA) is a new type
of underground laser-linked interferometer facility, and is currently under construction. It is in …

ELGAR—a European laboratory for gravitation and atom-interferometric research

B Canuel, S Abend, P Amaro-Seoane… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational waves (GWs) were observed for the first time in 2015, one century after
Einstein predicted their existence. There is now growing interest to extend the detection …

Dual matter-wave inertial sensors in weightlessness

B Barrett, L Antoni-Micollier, L Chichet… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum technology based on cold-atom interferometers is showing great promise for fields
such as inertial sensing and fundamental physics. However, the finite free-fall time of the …

The Bose-Einstein condensate and cold atom laboratory

K Frye, S Abend, W Bartosch, A Bawamia… - EPJ Quantum …, 2021 - epjqt.epj.org
Microgravity eases several constraints limiting experiments with ultracold and condensed
atoms on ground. It enables extended times of flight without suspension and eliminates the …