High-finesse atomic multiple-beam interferometer comprised of copropagating stimulated Raman-pulse fields
Abstract
An atomic multiple-beam interferometer comprised of numerous copropagating stimulated Raman transitions has been developed using laser-cooled and trapped sodium atoms. The interference fringes of the interferometer with multiple rf fields were calculated by a method based on atomic trajectory and were compared with the experimental results. An interference fringe with a finesse of 180 was demonstrated for 200 successive Raman pulses.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- June 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.063611
- Bibcode:
- 2001PhRvA..63f3611A
- Keywords:
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- 03.75.Dg;
- 39.20.+q;
- 32.80.Pj;
- Atom and neutron interferometry;
- Atom interferometry techniques;
- Optical cooling of atoms;
- trapping