All-optical matter-wave lens using time-averaged potentials

verfasst von: H. Albers, Robin Corgier, A. Herbst, A. Rajagopalan, C. Schubert, Christian Vogt, Marian Woltmann, Claus Lämmerzahl, Sven Herrmann, Eric Charron, Wolfgang Ertmer, Ernst M. Rasel, Naceur Gaaloul, Dennis Schlippert
Abstract: The stability of matter-wave sensors benefits from interrogating large-particle-number atomic ensembles at high cycle rates. The use of quantum-degenerate gases with their low effective temperatures allows constraining systematic errors towards highest accuracy, but their production by evaporative cooling is costly with regard to both atom number and cycle rate. In this work, we report on the creation of cold matter-waves using a crossed optical dipole trap and shaping it by means of an all-optical matter-wave lens. We demonstrate the trade off between residual kinetic energy and atom number by short-cutting evaporative cooling and estimate the corresponding performance gain in matter-wave sensors. Our method is implemented using time-averaged optical potentials and hence easily applicable in optical dipole trapping setups.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Quantenoptik
Quantum Atom Optics
SFB 1227: Designte Quantenzustände der Materie (DQ-mat)
SFB 1464: Relativistische und quanten-basierte Geodäsie (TerraQ)
Externe Organisation(en): Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM)
Universität Paris-Saclay
DLR-Institut für Satellitengeodäsie und Inertialsensorik
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Universität Bremen
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Communications Physics
Band: 5
ISSN: 2399-3650
Publikationsdatum: 16.03.2022
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.08608 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00825-2 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

@article{3df69e98590a42c78d23008390ac23c5,
title = "All-optical matter-wave lens using time-averaged potentials",
abstract = " The stability of matter-wave sensors benefits from interrogating large-particle-number atomic ensembles at high cycle rates. The use of quantum-degenerate gases with their low effective temperatures allows constraining systematic errors towards highest accuracy, but their production by evaporative cooling is costly with regard to both atom number and cycle rate. In this work, we report on the creation of cold matter-waves using a crossed optical dipole trap and shaping it by means of an all-optical matter-wave lens. We demonstrate the trade off between residual kinetic energy and atom number by short-cutting evaporative cooling and estimate the corresponding performance gain in matter-wave sensors. Our method is implemented using time-averaged optical potentials and hence easily applicable in optical dipole trapping setups. ",
keywords = "physics.atom-ph, quant-ph",
author = "H. Albers and Robin Corgier and A. Herbst and A. Rajagopalan and C. Schubert and Christian Vogt and Marian Woltmann and Claus L{\"a}mmerzahl and Sven Herrmann and Eric Charron and Wolfgang Ertmer and Rasel, {Ernst M.} and Naceur Gaaloul and Dennis Schlippert",
note = "Funding Information: This work is funded by the German Space Agency (DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) due to an enactment of the German Bundestag under Grant Nos. DLR 50WM1641 (PRIMUS-III), DLR 50WM2041 (PRIMUS-IV), DLR 50WM2245A (CAL-II), DLR 50WM2060 (CARIOQA), and DLR 50RK1957 (QGYRO). We acknowledge financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 274200144-SFB 1227 DQ-mat within the projects A05, B07, and B09, and -Project-ID 434617780-SFB 1464 TerraQ within the projects A02 and A03 and Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy—EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers—Project-ID 390837967 and from “Nieders{\"a}chsisches Vorab” through the “Quantum- and Nano-Metrology (QUANOMET)” initiative within the Project QT3. A.H. and D.S. acknowledge support by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the funding program Photonics Research Germany under contract number 13N14875.",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "16",
doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2109.08608",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
journal = "Communications Physics",
issn = "2399-3650",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "1",
}