Continuous acceleration sensing using optomechanical droplets

Robb, Gordon R. M. and Walker, Josh G. and Oppo, Gian-Luca and Ackemann, Thorsten (2024) Continuous acceleration sensing using optomechanical droplets. Atoms, 12 (3). 15. ISSN 2218-2004 (https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms12030015)

[thumbnail of Robb-etal-Atoms-2024-Continuous-acceleration-sensing-using-optomechanical-droplets]
Preview
 Text. Filename: Robb-etal-Atoms-2024-Continuous-acceleration-sensing-using-optomechanical-droplets.pdf
Final Published Version
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 logo
Download (431kB)| Preview

Abstract

We show that a Bose–Einstein Condensate illuminated by a far off-resonant optical pump field and its retroreflection from a feedback mirror can produce stable, localised structures known as optomechanical droplets. We show that these droplets could be used to measure the acceleration of a BEC via continuous monitoring of the position of the droplet via the optical intensity distribution.

ORCID iDs

Robb, Gordon R. M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-5926, Walker, Josh G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-0183, Oppo, Gian-Luca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-4309 and Ackemann, Thorsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395;
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)