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High data rate atom interferometric device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1195936
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A light-pulse atomic interferometry (LPAI) apparatus is provided. The LPAI apparatus comprises a vessel, two sets of magnetic coils configured to magnetically confine an atomic vapor in two respective magneto-optical traps (MOTs) within the vessel when activated, and an optical system configured to irradiate the atomic vapor within the vessel with laser radiation that, when suitably tuned, can launch atoms previously confined in each of the MOTs toward the other MOT. In embodiments, the magnetic coils are configured to produce a magnetic field that is non-zero at the midpoint between the traps. In embodiments, the time-of-flight of the launched atoms from one MOT to the other is 12 ms or less. In embodiments, the MOTs are situated approximately 36 mm apart. In embodiments, the apparatus is configured to activate the magnetic coils according to a particular temporal magnetic field gradient profile.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,086,429
Application Number:
14/643,970
OSTI ID:
1195936
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

High data-rate atom interferometer for measuring acceleration journal January 2012
A compact dual atom interferometer gyroscope based on laser-cooled rubidium journal May 2009
Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry journal July 2006
Intense source of cold Rb atoms from a pure two-dimensional magneto-optical trap journal August 2002
Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers journal December 2001
Magnetic transport of trapped cold atoms over a large distance journal February 2001

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