Accession Number:

ADA282484

Title:

Matter-Wave Interferometry with Laser Cooled Atoms

Descriptive Note:

Summary rept.

Corporate Author:

OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS

Personal Author(s):

• McIntyre, David

Report Date:

1994-05-27

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

This program is investigating matter-wave interferometry with laser cooled atoms. A slow beam of laser cooled rubidium atoms will be used as the matter-wave source. The atom optical elements are microfabricated amplitude transmission gratings which will be used in a three-grating interferometer to split and recombine the rubidium beam. The interferometer will be a useful new tool for precision atomic physics and a sensitive inertial sensor

Descriptors:

• *ATOMS
• *LASER BEAMS
• *COOLING
• *INTERFEROMETRY
• *WAVES
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• LOW TEMPERATURE
• VIBRATION
• DETECTORS
• QUANTUM THEORY
• SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
• COHERENCE
• ISOLATION
• FABRICATION
• BRIGHTNESS
• GRATINGS(SPECTRA)
• PHYSICS
• SPLITTING
• INERTIAL SYSTEMS
• AMPLITUDE
• RUBIDIUM
• ATOMIC BEAMS

Subject Categories:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Lasers and Masers
• Optics
• Particle Accelerators

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE