Atom interferometry

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2006-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0605055v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

submitted to Physica Scripta as a Comment on Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/0031-8949/74/2/N01

In this paper, we present a brief overview of atom interferometry. This field of research has developed very rapidly since 1991. Atom and light wave interferometers present some similarities but there are very important differences in the tools used to manipulate these two types of waves. Moreover, the sensitivity of atomic waves and light waves to their environment is very different. Atom interferometry has already been used for a large variety of studies: measurements of atomic properties and of inertial effects (accelerations and rotations), new access to some fundamental constants, observation of quantum decoherence, etc. We review the techniques used for a coherent manipulation of atomic waves and the main applications of atom interferometers.

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