Atom interferometers

Author

Lone, J. ; Sengstock, K. ; Ertmer, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Quantenoptik, Hannover Univ., Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

8-8 May 1998

Firstpage

157

Abstract

Summary form only given.Atom interferometers have opened up new areas of fundamental and applied research. As well known from photon optics, multiple-beam interferometers offer an increased sensitivity on the relative phases between interfering waves. Very recently, first atomic multiple-beam interferometers were realized. These concepts are based on an atomic beam that is spatially split into coherent partial de Broglie waves, where the number of interfering waves is determined by the internal atomic multi-level scheme. We report on time-domain atomic interferometry within a two-level system.

Keywords

interferometers; particle optics; atom interferometers; atomic multiple-beam interferometers; coherent partial de Broglie waves; increased sensitivity; interfering waves; internal atomic multi-level scheme; multiple-beam interferometers; photon optics; relative phases; spatially split; time-domain atomic interferometry; two-level system; Absorption; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Temperature; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-541-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.1998.680325

Filename

680325