Moan ER, Horne RA, Arpornthip T, Luo Z, Fallon AJ, Berl SJ, Sackett CA. Quantum Rotation Sensing with Dual Sagnac Interferometers in an Atom-Optical Waveguide.
Phys Rev Lett 2020;
124:120403. [PMID:
32281864 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.124.120403]
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Abstract
We describe a Sagnac interferometer suitable for rotation sensing, implemented using an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a harmonic magnetic trap. The atom wave packets are split and recombined by standing-wave Bragg lasers, and the trapping potential steers the packets along circular trajectories with a radius of 0.2 mm. Two conjugate interferometers are implemented simultaneously to provide common-mode rejection of noise and to isolate the rotation signal. With interference visibilities of about 50%, we achieve a rotation sensitivity comparable to Earth's rate in about 10 min of operation. Gyroscope operation was demonstrated by rotating the optical table on which the experiment was performed.
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