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Autori principali: Duan, Xiaochun, Geng, Wenxin, Luo, Huaqing, Xu, Yaoyao, Hu, Zhongkun
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14438
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author Duan, Xiaochun
Geng, Wenxin
Luo, Huaqing
Xu, Yaoyao
Hu, Zhongkun
author_facet Duan, Xiaochun
Geng, Wenxin
Luo, Huaqing
Xu, Yaoyao
Hu, Zhongkun
contents The sensitive axes of atom gravimeters are defined by the directions of the respective Raman lasers. Any tilt of the Raman lasers with respect to the vertical direction introduces errors in gravity measurements. In this work, we report a fast determination of the tilt of Raman lasers, where the fringe of the atom interferometer is scanned by varying the tilt, rather than the phase, of the Raman lasers. Unlike the periodic cosine fringes typically used in atom interferometers, the fringe obtained by changing the tilt, referred to as the tilt-scanned fringe, is aperiodic and symmetric with respect to zero tilt. The tilt-scanned fringe is highly sensitive to asymmetries caused by non-zero tilt, enabling fast and precise determination of the Raman laser tilt in atom gravimeters. We demonstrate that one tilt-scanned fringe, corresponding to a measurement cycle time of 13 s, can determine the tilt with a typical precision of about 30 $μ$rad in our developed atom gravimeter. Further investigation proves that the tilt-scanned fringe approach shortens the measurement cycle time by over an order of magnitude while keeping comparable precision with conventional tilt determination techniques. The fast tilt determination presented here is significant for the application of atom gravimeters, particularly in absolute gravity surveys.
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spellingShingle Fast determination of the tilt of Raman lasers using the tilt-scanned fringe for atom gravimeters
Duan, Xiaochun
Geng, Wenxin
Luo, Huaqing
Xu, Yaoyao
Hu, Zhongkun
Atomic Physics
Applied Physics
The sensitive axes of atom gravimeters are defined by the directions of the respective Raman lasers. Any tilt of the Raman lasers with respect to the vertical direction introduces errors in gravity measurements. In this work, we report a fast determination of the tilt of Raman lasers, where the fringe of the atom interferometer is scanned by varying the tilt, rather than the phase, of the Raman lasers. Unlike the periodic cosine fringes typically used in atom interferometers, the fringe obtained by changing the tilt, referred to as the tilt-scanned fringe, is aperiodic and symmetric with respect to zero tilt. The tilt-scanned fringe is highly sensitive to asymmetries caused by non-zero tilt, enabling fast and precise determination of the Raman laser tilt in atom gravimeters. We demonstrate that one tilt-scanned fringe, corresponding to a measurement cycle time of 13 s, can determine the tilt with a typical precision of about 30 $μ$rad in our developed atom gravimeter. Further investigation proves that the tilt-scanned fringe approach shortens the measurement cycle time by over an order of magnitude while keeping comparable precision with conventional tilt determination techniques. The fast tilt determination presented here is significant for the application of atom gravimeters, particularly in absolute gravity surveys.
title Fast determination of the tilt of Raman lasers using the tilt-scanned fringe for atom gravimeters
topic Atomic Physics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14438