Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms: a tool for a metrological determination of $h/m_{Rb}$

Details Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms: a tool for a metrological determination of $h/m_{Rb}$ Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms: a tool for a metrological determination of $h/m_{Rb}$

2004-05-03

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0405010v1

Physical Review Letters 92 (2004) 253001

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Atomic Physics

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.253001

We use Bloch oscillations in a horizontal moving standing wave to transfer a large number of photon recoils to atoms with a high efficiency (99.5% per cycle). By measuring the photon recoil of $^{87}Rb$, using velocity selective Raman transitions to select a subrecoil velocity class and to measure the final accelerated velocity class, we have determined $h/m_{Rb}$ with a relative precision of 0.4 ppm. To exploit the high momentum transfer efficiency of our method, we are developing a vertical standing wave set-up. This will allow us to measure $h/m_{Rb}$ better than $10^{-8}$ and hence the fine structure constant $\alpha$ with an uncertainty close to the most accurate value coming from the ($g-2$) determination.

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