Precision measurement of gravity with cold atoms in an optical lattice and comparison with a classical gravimeter

Details Precision measurement of gravity with cold atoms in an optical lattice and comparison with a classical gravimeter Precision measurement of gravity with cold atoms in an optical lattice and comparison with a classical gravimeter

2010-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/1010.2033v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 038501 (2011)

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.038501

We report on a high precision measurement of gravitational acceleration using ultracold strontium atoms trapped in a vertical optical lattice. Using amplitude modulation of the lattice intensity, an uncertainty $\Delta g /g \approx 10^{-7}$ was reached by measuring at the 5$^{th}$ harmonic of the Bloch oscillation frequency. After a careful analysis of systematic effects, the value obtained with this microscopic quantum system is consistent with the one we measured with a classical absolute gravimeter at the same location. This result is of relevance for the recent interpretation of related experiments as tests of gravitational redshift and opens the way to new tests of gravity at micrometer scale.

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