TY - GEN
T1 - Atom interferometer-based inertial force sensors
AU - Bongs, K.
AU - Fixler, J.
AU - Foster, G.
AU - Young, B.
AU - Kasevich, M.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Recent laboratory experiments have demonstrated atom interference-based inertial force sensors operating at sensitivities near or exceeding the state-of-the-art [2x10-10 rad/sec/Hz1/2 (gyroscope), 10-9 g/Hz1/2 (accelerometer), and 10 E/Hz1/2 (gravity gradient, 1 E = 10-9 sec-2)]. Drawing on this recent experience, we seek to develop gravity gradient sensors which will provide unprecedented capabilities for navigation and geodesy applications. Our technical approach does not rely on cryogenic techniques, and should yield an instrument capable of operating on a broad array of platforms (eg. satellite, space station, plane, etc.). In the long run, we expect these instruments to be economical and robust The demonstration of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic vapors raises the prospect of a new class of de Broglie wave interferometric sensors. We have recently demonstrated a proof-of-principle accelerometer concept which exploits the novel coherence properties of Bose-Einstein condensed atomic sources.
AB - Recent laboratory experiments have demonstrated atom interference-based inertial force sensors operating at sensitivities near or exceeding the state-of-the-art [2x10-10 rad/sec/Hz1/2 (gyroscope), 10-9 g/Hz1/2 (accelerometer), and 10 E/Hz1/2 (gravity gradient, 1 E = 10-9 sec-2)]. Drawing on this recent experience, we seek to develop gravity gradient sensors which will provide unprecedented capabilities for navigation and geodesy applications. Our technical approach does not rely on cryogenic techniques, and should yield an instrument capable of operating on a broad array of platforms (eg. satellite, space station, plane, etc.). In the long run, we expect these instruments to be economical and robust The demonstration of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic vapors raises the prospect of a new class of de Broglie wave interferometric sensors. We have recently demonstrated a proof-of-principle accelerometer concept which exploits the novel coherence properties of Bose-Einstein condensed atomic sources.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84896050265
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896050265
SN - 9781624101083
T3 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit
BT - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
T2 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit 2002
Y2 - 5 August 2002 through 8 August 2002
ER -