Precision measurement with atom interferometry

by Chris Overstreet (John Hopkins University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Baltimore, US)

Thursday 12 Oct 2023, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

Precise measurements of atomic, molecular, and optical systems are opening a new experimental window into fundamental physics. The high sensitivity of light-pulse atom interferometry, which uses lasers to separate and interfere atomic wave packets, makes it particularly well-suited for such measurements. In this talk, I will discuss three experiments performed with the 10 meter atom interferometer at Stanford: a test of the equivalence principle, an observation of a quantum system in curved spacetime, and a measurement of a gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effect. I will also survey other applications of precise atom interferometry and discuss near-term prospects for the field.
 

 

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