Multiaxis Inertial Sensing with Long-Time Point Source Atom Interferometry

作者:Dickerson, Susannah M.*; Hogan, Jason M.; Sugarbaker, Alex; Johnson, David M. S.; Kasevich, Mark A.
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2013, 111(8): 083001.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.083001

摘要

We show that light-pulse atom interferometry with atomic point sources and spatially resolved detection enables multiaxis (two rotation, one acceleration) precision inertial sensing at long interrogation times. Using this method, we demonstrate a light-pulse atom interferometer for Rb-87 with 1.4 cm peak wave packet separation and a duration of 2T = 2.3 s. The inferred acceleration sensitivity of each shot is 6.7 X 10(-12)g, which improves on previous limits by more than 2 orders of magnitude. We also measure Earth's rotation rate with a precision of 200 nrad/s.

  • 出版日期2013-8-19