We report on a trapped atom interferometer based on Bragg diffraction and Bloch oscillations with alkaline-earth-metal atoms. We use a Ramsey–Bordé Bragg interferometer with Sr88 atoms combined with Bloch oscillations to extend the interferometer time. Thanks to a long coherence time for Bloch oscillations of Sr88 atoms, we observed interference up to 1 s evolution time in the lattice. A detailed study of decoherence sources during the Bloch phase is also presented. While still limited in sensitivity by lattice lifetime and beam inhomogeneity this result opens the way to high contrast trapped interferometers with extended interrogation time.
Trapped-atom interferometer with ultracold Sr atoms / Zhang, Xian; Del Aguila, Ruben Pablo; Mazzoni, Tommaso; Poli, Nicola; Tino, Guglielmo M.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 2469-9926. - STAMPA. - 94:(2016), pp. 0436081-0436088. [10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043608]
Trapped-atom interferometer with ultracold Sr atoms
ZHANG, XIAN;DEL AGUILA, RUBEN PABLO;MAZZONI, TOMMASO;POLI, NICOLA;TINO, GUGLIELMO MARIA
2016
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We report on a trapped atom interferometer based on Bragg diffraction and Bloch oscillations with alkaline-earth-metal atoms. We use a Ramsey–Bordé Bragg interferometer with Sr88 atoms combined with Bloch oscillations to extend the interferometer time. Thanks to a long coherence time for Bloch oscillations of Sr88 atoms, we observed interference up to 1 s evolution time in the lattice. A detailed study of decoherence sources during the Bloch phase is also presented. While still limited in sensitivity by lattice lifetime and beam inhomogeneity this result opens the way to high contrast trapped interferometers with extended interrogation time.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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