T3 Stern-Gerlach Matter-Wave Interferometer

O. Amit; Y. Margalit; O. Dobkowski; Z. Zhou; Y. Japha; M. Zimmermann; M. A. Efremov; F. A. Narducci; E. M. Rasel; W. P. Schleich; R. Folman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.083601

T3 Stern-Gerlach Matter-Wave Interferometer

O. Amit, Y. Margalit, O. Dobkowski, Z. Zhou, Y. Japha, M. Zimmermann, M. A. Efremov, F. A. Narducci, E. M. Rasel, W. P. Schleich, R. Folman

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We present a unique matter-wave interferometer whose phase scales with the cube of the time the atom spends in the interferometer. Our scheme is based on a full-loop Stern-Gerlach interferometer incorporating four magnetic field gradient pulses to create a state-dependent force. In contrast to typical atom interferometers that make use of laser light for the splitting and recombination of the wave packets, this realization uses no light and can therefore serve as a high-precision surface probe at very close distances.

Original language	English
Article number	083601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	123
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.083601
State	Published - 21 Aug 2019

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