Detection of applied and ambient forces with a matter-wave magnetic gradiometer

Robertson, Billy I. and MacKellar, Andrew R. and Halket, James and Gribbon, Anna and Pritchard, Jonathan D. and Arnold, Aidan S. and Riis, Erling and Griffin, Paul F. (2017) Detection of applied and ambient forces with a matter-wave magnetic gradiometer. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 96 (5). 053622. ISSN 2469-9934 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.053622)

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Abstract

An atom interferometer using a Bose–Einstein condensate of 87Rb atoms is utilized for the measurement of magnetic-field gradients. Composite optical pulses are used to construct a spatially symmetric Mach–Zehnder geometry. By using a biased interferometer we demonstrate the ability to measure small residual forces in our system and discriminate between magnetic and inertial effects. These are a residual ambient magnetic-field gradient of 15±2 mG/cm and an inertial acceleration of 0.08±0.02 m/s2. Our method has important applications in the calibration of precision measurement devices and the reduction of systematic errors.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:63087
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 November 2017
    Published
    16 November 2017
    Published Online
    25 July 2017
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:29 Jan 2018 14:46
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 08:29
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63087
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