Accession Number:
ADA282484
Title:
Matter-Wave Interferometry with Laser Cooled Atoms
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Summary rept.
Corporate Author:
OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS
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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
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Subject Categories:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Lasers and Masers
- Optics
- Particle Accelerators