Large Momentum Beamsplitter using Bloch Oscillations

Details Large Momentum Beamsplitter using Bloch Oscillations Large Momentum Beamsplitter using Bloch Oscillations

2009-03-20

arxiv.org/abs/0903.3511v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

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The sensitivity of an inertial sensor based on an atomic interfermometer is proportional to the velocity separation of atoms in the two arms of the interferometer. In this paper we describe how Bloch oscillations can be used to increase this separation and to create a large momentum transfer (LMT) beamsplitter. We experimentally demonstrate a separation of 10 recoil velocities. Light shifts during the acceleration introduce phase fluctuations which can reduce the contrast of the interferometer. We precisely calculate this effect and demonstrate that it can be significantly reduced by using a suitable combination of LMT pulses. We finally show that this method seems to be very promising to realize LMT beamsplitter with several 10s of recoil and a very good efficiency.

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