Accession Number:

AD1168968

Title:

Atomic Sensing Research at The Aerospace Corporation

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Briefing Charts]

Corporate Author:

The Aerospace Corporation

Personal Author(s):

• Wang , He (Henry)
• Mazon, Michael J
• Iyanu, Gabe H
• Nguyen, Can Q

Report Date:

2022-04-29

Pagination or Media Count:

26

Abstract:

This briefing TOR is an invited paper presented at SPIE Photonics West, Optical and Quantum Sensing and Precision Metrology II , paper 12016-7, January 22, 2022, San Francisco, CA. Approved for public release. OTR-2022-00052 In this talk, we will give an overview on the research activities in atomic sensing at The Aerospace Corporation. Specifically, we will discuss our latest experimental results of a cold Cs atom interferometer. The portability of the physics package makes it suitable for implementing atom interferometry with various interrogation configurations and relative orientations. In addition, we will also report the progress on experiments of Cs Rydberg atoms for RF E-field sensing. Our work is aimed at investigating the engineering and atomic physics limitations to the devices SWaP and reliability.

Descriptors:

• magneto optical traps
• modulation
• space force
• detectors
• frequency
• atomic beams
• laser beams
• photonics
• raman lasers
• repetition rate
• rydberg atoms
• bandwidth
• electronics
• lasers
• measurement
• optics
• physics

Subject Categories:

• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]