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PUBLICATIONS

Extended Source Interferometry in the Compact Regime

Published

Author(s)

Bruno M. Pelle, Gregory W. Hoth, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley

Abstract

We present an atom interferometer based on an expanding cloud of laser-cooled atoms sensitive to rotations along two axes and acceleration along one axis in an effective volume of 1 cm3. We observed spatially resolved fringes by imaging the expanding cloud after short free-fall durations. If the atom cloud does not start as a point source, a bias is introduced in the scale factor that differs from the simple point-source limit. We explored the scale factor deviation experimentally with different initial cloud sizes and will present our understanding of this important systematic.
Proceedings Title
The European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) 30th Conference
Conference Dates
April 4-7, 2016
Conference Location
York
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

Atomic gravimeter, atomic gyroscope, compact inertial sensor, Point Source Interferometry, scale factor bias.
Physics

Citation

Pelle, B. , Hoth, G. , Riedl, S. , Kitching, J. and Donley, E. (2016), Extended Source Interferometry in the Compact Regime, The European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) 30th Conference, York, -1 (Accessed April 25, 2024)

Created April 4, 2016, Updated February 19, 2017