A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system

Lee, Jongmin; Ding, Roger; Christensen, Justin; Rosenthal, Randy R.; Ison, Aaron; Gillund, Daniel P.; Bossert, David; Fuerschbach, Kyle H.; Kindel, William; Finnegan, Patrick S.; Wendt, Joel R.; Gehl, Michael; Kodigala, Ashok; McGuinness, Hayden; Walker, Charles A.; Kemme, Shanalyn A.; Lentine, Anthony; Biedermann, Grant; Schwindt, Peter D. D.

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31410-4

A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31410-4· OSTI ID:1885056

; Ding, Roger; ; Rosenthal, Randy R.; Ison, Aaron; Gillund, Daniel P.; Bossert, David; Fuerschbach, Kyle H.; Kindel, William; Finnegan, Patrick S.; Wendt, Joel R.; Gehl, Michael; Kodigala, Ashok; ; Walker, Charles A.; Kemme, Shanalyn A.; Lentine, Anthony; Biedermann, Grant; Schwindt, Peter D. D.

Abstract

The extreme miniaturization of a cold-atom interferometer accelerometer requires the development of novel technologies and architectures for the interferometer subsystems. Here, we describe several component technologies and a laser system architecture to enable a path to such miniaturization. We developed a custom, compact titanium vacuum package containing a microfabricated grating chip for a tetrahedral grating magneto-optical trap (GMOT) using a single cooling beam. In addition, we designed a multi-channel photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system implemented with a single seed laser and single sideband modulators in a time-multiplexed manner, reducing the number of optical channels connected to the sensor head. In a compact sensor head containing the vacuum package, sub-Doppler cooling in the GMOT produces 15 μK temperatures, and the GMOT can operate at a 20 Hz data rate. We validated the atomic coherence with Ramsey interferometry using microwave spectroscopy, then demonstrated a light-pulse atom interferometer in a gravimeter configuration for a 10 Hz measurement data rate and T = 0–4.5 ms interrogation time, resulting in Δ g / g = 2.0 × 10 ⁻⁶ . This work represents a significant step towards deployable cold-atom inertial sensors under large amplitude motional dynamics.

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OSTI ID:: 1885056

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Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 2041-1723

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