Quantum sensing for gravity cartography

B Stray, A Lamb, A Kaushik, J Vovrosh, A Rodgers… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The sensing of gravity has emerged as a tool in geophysics applications such as
engineering and climate research,–, including the monitoring of temporal variations in …

A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system

J Lee, R Ding, J Christensen, RR Rosenthal… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The extreme miniaturization of a cold-atom interferometer accelerometer requires the
development of novel technologies and architectures for the interferometer subsystems …

High-performance silicon photonic single-sideband modulators for cold-atom interferometry

A Kodigala, M Gehl, GW Hoth, J Lee, CT DeRose… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The laser system is the most complex component of a light-pulse atom interferometer (LPAI),
controlling frequencies and intensities of multiple laser beams to configure quantum gravity …

Compact laser modulation system for a transportable atomic gravimeter

A López-Vázquez, MA Maldonado, E Gomez… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Nowadays, atom-based quantum sensors are leaving the laboratory towards field
applications requiring compact and robust laser systems. Here we describe the realization of …

Robust single-sideband-modulated Raman light generation for atom interferometry by FBG-based optical rectangular filtration

G Wang, Y Wang, K Ying, H Zhang, X Zhang, Q Li… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Low-phase-noise and pure-spectrum Raman light is vital for high-precision atom
interferometry by two-photon Raman transition. A preferred and prevalent solution for …

Eliminating the phase shifts arising from additional sidebands in an atom gravimeter with a phase-modulated Raman laser

Q Luo, H Zhou, L Chen, X Duan, M Zhou, Z Hu - Optics letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The additional sidebands (ASBs) in a Raman laser will have a significant effect on the
performance of atom gravimeters (AGs) based on phase-modulated Raman lasers. We …

Current Status and Prospects on High-Precision Quantum Tests of the Weak Equivalence Principle with Cold Atom Interferometry

L Yuan, J Wu, SJ Yang - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
For a hundred years, general relativity has been the best theory to describe gravity and
space–time and has successfully explained many physical phenomena. At the same time …

Simple and robust architecture of a laser system for atom interferometry

S Sarkar, R Piccon, S Merlet, F Pereira dos Santos - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We report a compact and robust architecture of a versatile laser system that allows the
implementation of several advanced atom interferometry techniques, such as Bragg …

Silicon Photonic single-sideband generation with dual-parallel mach-zehnder modulators for atom interferometry applications

A Kodigala, M Gehl, GW Hoth, J Lee, C DeRose… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We demonstrate a silicon photonic carrier-suppressed single-sideband (CS-SSB) modulator
with dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (DP-MZMs) operating near 1550 nm with a …

A cold-atom interferometer with microfabricated gratings and a single seed laser

J Lee, R Ding, J Christensen, R Rosenthal, A Ison… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
The extreme miniaturization of a cold-atom interferometer accelerometer requires the
development of novel technologies and architectures for the interferometer subsystems. We …