• An atom interferometer uses the wave-like nature of atoms in order to produce interference. In atom interferometers, the roles of matter and light are...
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  • the Ramsey–Bordé interferometer. Bordé's main idea was to use atomic recoil to create a beam splitter of different geometries for an atom-wave. The Ramsey–Bordé...
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    Mlynek, J. (May 1991). "Young's Double-Slit Experiment with Atoms: A Simple Atom Interferometer". Physical Review Letters. 66 (21): 2689–2694. Bibcode:1991PhRvL...
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  • screen. An atom interferometer is very sensitive to the changes in the positions of atoms. As heavier objects shifts the position of the atoms nearby, displacement...
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  • since they have a higher mass. Therefore, many high precision experiments now deploy atom interferometers based on the Sagnac effect. Atom interferometer...
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    waves (atom interferometers) have also been proposed and are being developed. There have been proposals since the beginning of the 2000s. Atom interferometry...
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    interferometers. Around 1990 the first atom interferometers were demonstrated, later followed by interferometers employing molecules. Electron holography...
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    The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...
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  • scattering of atoms from light gratings, founding the field of coherent atom optics. This led to the creation of the first atom interferometer, where matter...
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  • CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the principal investigator of the Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network and also one of the lead authors at Atomic...
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  • interferometer Acoustic interferometer Atom interferometer Neutron interferometer Ramsey interferometer Mini grail interferometer Aharonov–Bohm effect Interferometric...
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    The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a planned space probe to detect and measure gravitational waves—tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime—from...
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    Atom interferometers, similar to optical interferometers, measure the difference in phase between atomic matter waves along different paths. Atom optics...
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    under the supervision of ground controllers. The upgrade included an atom interferometer which can be used to study the equivalence principle. In July 2021...
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  • Telescope, is under development. A space-based observatory, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), is also being developed by the European Space...
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  • has attracted strong criticism. An atom interferometer uses a small difference in waves associated with two atoms to create an observable interference...
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  • application, which might also benefit from atom lasers, is atom interferometry. In an atom interferometer an atomic wave packet is coherently split into...
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    Foster, G. T.; McGuirk, J. M.; Kasevich, M. A. (5 January 2007). "Atom Interferometer Measurement of the Newtonian Constant of Gravity". Science. 315 (5808):...
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    stimulated Raman transition is useful for cooling atoms. It also enables the construction of atom interferometer by providing a well-defined momentum kick. Stimulated...
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    interferometer is a large-scale scientific instrument near Pisa, Italy, for detecting gravitational waves. The detector is a Michelson interferometer...
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  • to an instrument which measures relative position using the technique of atom interferometry. It includes an ensemble of accelerometers and gyroscope based...
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  • oscillations. An atom interferometer creates coherent atomic beams, where the coherence is with respect to the phase of the atom's de Broglie wave. If...
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    "Bespoke magnetic field design for a magnetically shielded cold atom interferometer". Sci. Rep. 12 (1): 10520. arXiv:2110.04498. Bibcode:2022NatSR..1210520H...
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  • The DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (or DECIGO) is a proposed Japanese, space-based, gravitational wave observatory. The laser...
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  • Atom optics (or atomic optics) "refers to techniques to manipulate the trajectories and exploit the wave properties of neutral atoms". Typical experiments...
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    "Bespoke magnetic field design for a magnetically shielded cold atom interferometer". Sci. Rep. 12 (1): 10520. arXiv:2110.04498. Bibcode:2022NatSR..1210520H...
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    In physics, a neutron interferometer is an interferometer capable of diffracting neutrons, allowing the wave-like nature of neutrons, and other related...
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  • The gravitational field changes are measured using devices such as atom interferometers. A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is an extremely...
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  • comparison, the cross-section of a single proton (the nucleus of a hydrogen atom), is 10−15 m (1 fm). To improve sensitivity, the detector was intended to...
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    other interferometers of a similar size, such as the Virgo, GEO 600 and planned KAGRA and INDIGO detectors. In practice at least two interferometers would...
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