Accession Number:
AD1025094
Title:
Rotation Sensing with Trapped Ions
Descriptive Note:
Journal Article - Open Access
Corporate Author:
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2016-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
Abstract:
We present a protocol for using trapped ions to measure rotations via matter-wave Sagnac interferometry. The trap allows the interferometer to enclose a large area in a compact apparatus through repeated round-trips in a Sagnac geometry. We show how a uniform magnetic field can be used to close the interferometer over a large dynamic range in rotation speed and measurement bandwidth without losing contrast. Since this technique does not require the ions to be confined in the Lamb- Dicke regime, thermal states with many phonons should be sufficient for operation.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
- Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics