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Atoms undergo a substantial degree of interaction with a variety of physical forces, unlike light.  In particular, atoms are sensitive to inertial forces (e.g., those associated with acceleration, rotation, and gravity), and depending on the atomic state, they can also be subjected to electric and magnetic forces.

Interferometry provides an extremely sensitive probe of perturbations to an atom’s state.  The quantum mechanical wavefunction corresponding to a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) is very much analogous to the state of the light generated by a laser. 

Atom Chip Interferometry

PEOPLE

  1. Graduate Students

  2. •Steve Segal

  3. •Quentin Diot (graduated)

  4. Undergraduates

  5. •Seth Caliga

  6. •Andrew Holmgren

  1. Collaborators

  2. •Daniel Farkas (Postdoc)

  3. •Leslie Czaia (PRA)

  4. External Collaborators

  5. •Alex Zozulya (WPI)

  6. •Sarnoff Corporation

  7. •Teledyne Scientific & Imaging

Animation of an atom chip Michelson interferometer.

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