Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry

Canuel, B; Leduc, F; Holleville, D; Gauguet, A; Fils, J; Virdis, A; Clairon, A; Dimarcq, N; Borde, Ch J; Landragin, A; Bouyer, P

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010402

Title: Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry

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We have developed an atom interferometer providing a full inertial base. This device uses two counterpropagating cold-atom clouds that are launched in strongly curved parabolic trajectories. Three single Raman beam pairs, pulsed in time, are successively applied in three orthogonal directions leading to the measurement of the three axis of rotation and acceleration. In this purpose, we introduce a new atom gyroscope using a butterfly geometry. We discuss the present sensitivity and the possible improvements.

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Canuel, B; Leduc, F; Holleville, D; Gauguet, A; Fils, J; Virdis, A; Clairon, A; Dimarcq, N; Borde, Ch J; Landragin, A; Bouyer, P ^[1]

LNE-SYRTE, CNRS UMR 8630, Observatoire de Paris, 61 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris (France)

Publication Date:: Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI Identifier:: 20777368

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010402; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ACCELERATION; ATOMS; GEOMETRY; GYROSCOPES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY; TRAJECTORIES

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                    Canuel, B, Leduc, F, Holleville, D, Gauguet, A, Fils, J, Virdis, A, Clairon, A, Dimarcq, N, Borde, Ch J, Landragin, A, Bouyer, P, and Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS UMR 8501, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, Batiment 503, Boite Postale 147, 91403 Orsay. Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Canuel, B, Leduc, F, Holleville, D, Gauguet, A, Fils, J, Virdis, A, Clairon, A, Dimarcq, N, Borde, Ch J, Landragin, A, Bouyer, P, & Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS UMR 8501, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, Batiment 503, Boite Postale 147, 91403 Orsay. Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010402

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                    Canuel, B, Leduc, F, Holleville, D, Gauguet, A, Fils, J, Virdis, A, Clairon, A, Dimarcq, N, Borde, Ch J, Landragin, A, Bouyer, P, and Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS UMR 8501, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, Batiment 503, Boite Postale 147, 91403 Orsay. 2006.  
        "Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010402.

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  title        = {Six-Axis Inertial Sensor Using Cold-Atom Interferometry},

  author       = {Canuel, B and Leduc, F and Holleville, D and Gauguet, A and Fils, J and Virdis, A and Clairon, A and Dimarcq, N and Borde, Ch J and Landragin, A and Bouyer, P and Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS UMR 8501, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, Batiment 503, Boite Postale 147, 91403 Orsay},

  abstractNote = {We have developed an atom interferometer providing a full inertial base. This device uses two counterpropagating cold-atom clouds that are launched in strongly curved parabolic trajectories. Three single Raman beam pairs, pulsed in time, are successively applied in three orthogonal directions leading to the measurement of the three axis of rotation and acceleration. In this purpose, we introduce a new atom gyroscope using a butterfly geometry. We discuss the present sensitivity and the possible improvements.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010402},

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  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  issn         = {0031-9007},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 97,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006},

  month        = {Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006}

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