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(Phys.org)AteamofresearchersatSandiaLabsintheU.S.hasdevelopedatypeof
atominterferometerthatdoesnotrequiresupercooledtemperatures.Intheirpaper
publishedthejournalPhysicalReviewLetters,thegroupdescribestheapproachthey Femaledragonfliesfoundtofakedeathto
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Therearetwokindsofinterferometersopticalandatom.Bothareprecisemeasuring
devicesthatoperatebymeasuringinterferencefringesthatareproducedwhena
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beamiscutinhalfandbothhalvesareallowedtoproceedforashortdistancebefore
beingrecombinedthusrecordingtheinformationgeneratedduetointerference,such Follow +1
asfromgravity.Todate,atominterferometershaverequiredverycoldtemperaturesto
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operatethecoldslowstherangeofvelocitiesofacollectionofatomstoincreasethe
signalthatoccursatthemachines'output.Italsohelpstokeeptheatomsunderstudy
closetooneanother,whichimprovesprecision.Atominterferometersdotheir
measuringbyusinglaserbeamstosplitthebeamunderstudy.Inthisneweffort,the
researchershavecomeupwithanewkindofatominterferometerthatworkswithout Phys.orgonfacebook
theneedforverycoldtemperatures.
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Astheresearchersnote,thedevelopmentofthenewinterferometerrequired
overcomingtwomainobstaclesthefirstwastogreatlyreducespinflippingdueto
collisionswiththechamberwalls.Theteamgotaroundthisbydevelopingaspecial RelevantPhysicsForumsposts
coatingforthechamberthatdramaticallyreducessuchflipping.Thesecondproblem
involveddevelopingawaytoaligntheweaklaserthatdetectsinterferencefringesand
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thestronglaserusedastheinterferometer.Theysolvedthisproblembyusingtwo
counterpropagatingprobebeamstomeasuresignaldifferences.Theresultwasan Emissionspectraofdifferentmaterials 1hourago
atominterferometerthatwasnotassensitiveasthosethatrequireextremecold,but
onethatcanacquiredatafaster,canbeportedmoreeasily,andisabletomeasurea Confusionregardinglineintegrals 1hourago
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usinglightfromaregularwhitelightbulb.
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Moreinformation:G.W.Biedermannetal.AtomInterferometryinaWarmVapor,
PhysicalReviewLetters(2017).DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.163601.OnArxiv:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02451

ABSTRACT
Wedemonstratematterwaveinterferenceinawarmvaporofrubidiumatoms.
Establishedapproachestolightpulseatominterferometryrelyonlasercoolingto
concentratealargeensembleofatomsintoavelocityclassresonantwiththeatom
opticallightpulse.Inourexperiment,weshowthatclearinterferencesignalsmaybe
obtainedwithoutlasercooling.ThiseffectreliesontheDopplerselectivityoftheatom
interferometerresonance.Thisinterferometermaybeconfiguredtomeasure
accelerations,andwedemonstratethatmultipleinterferometersmaybeoperated
simultaneouslybyaddressingmultiplevelocityclasses.

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