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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 54: Posters: Quantum Optics and Photonics IV
Q 54.9: Poster
Donnerstag, 12. März 2020, 16:30–18:30, Empore Lichthof
State- and branch-dependent atom interferometry — •Enno Giese1 and Wolfgang P. Schleich1,2 — 1Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany — 2Institut für Quantentechnologien, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Söflinger Str. 100, D-89077 Ulm, Germany
Light-pulse atom interferometry has evolved into a versatile and powerful tool for high-precision measurements of inertial forces. Whereas this sensitivity relies on the external degree of freedom, the internal structure of atoms gives another degree of freedom that makes them susceptible to relativistic effects [1,2]. In such a framework, the light-matter interaction takes place locally on each branch of the interferometer, making a branch-dependent formalism [3] a convenient and essential tool for the description of atom interferometers. Since the exact diffraction mechanism [4] as well as the specific geometry [3] determine the proper-time difference between the two branches, branch-dependent diffraction will have a similar effect. In our contribution we discuss atom interferometry from a branch-dependent perspective as well as the influence of different internal states and transitions.
The QUANTUS project is supported by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) under grant number 50WM1956.
[1] arXiv:1810.06744 (2018) [3] New J. Phys. 16, 123012 (2014)
[2] Sci. Adv. 5, eaax8966 (2019) [4] Phys. Rev. A 99, 013627 (2019)