• DocumentCode
    1682928
  • Title

    Large area Sagnac interferometer based on laser-cooled atoms

  • Author

    Tackmann, G. ; Schubert, C. ; Berg, P. ; Abend, S. ; Ertmer, W. ; Rasel, E.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Quantenopt., Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a high resolution atom interferometer gyroscope based on stimulated Raman transitions of neutral atoms. Employing three separate interaction zones allows to enlarge the signal while maintaining high compactness.
  • Keywords
    Sagnac interferometers; atom optics; gyroscopes; laser cooling; Sagnac interferometer; high resolution atom interferometer gyroscope; laser-cooled atoms; neutral atoms; stimulated Raman transitions; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Gyroscopes; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical interferometry; Sagnac interferometers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326773