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A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system

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  • Jongmin Lee

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Roger Ding

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Justin Christensen

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Randy R. Rosenthal

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Aaron Ison

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Daniel P. Gillund

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • David Bossert

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Kyle H. Fuerschbach

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • William Kindel

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Patrick S. Finnegan

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Joel R. Wendt

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Michael Gehl

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Ashok Kodigala

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Hayden McGuinness

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Charles A. Walker

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Shanalyn A. Kemme

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Anthony Lentine

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

  • Grant Biedermann

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Peter D. D. Schwindt

    (Sandia National Laboratories)

Abstract

The extreme miniaturization of a cold-atom interferometer accelerometer requires the development of novel technologies and architectures for the interferometer subsystems. Here, we describe several component technologies and a laser system architecture to enable a path to such miniaturization. We developed a custom, compact titanium vacuum package containing a microfabricated grating chip for a tetrahedral grating magneto-optical trap (GMOT) using a single cooling beam. In addition, we designed a multi-channel photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system implemented with a single seed laser and single sideband modulators in a time-multiplexed manner, reducing the number of optical channels connected to the sensor head. In a compact sensor head containing the vacuum package, sub-Doppler cooling in the GMOT produces 15 μK temperatures, and the GMOT can operate at a 20 Hz data rate. We validated the atomic coherence with Ramsey interferometry using microwave spectroscopy, then demonstrated a light-pulse atom interferometer in a gravimeter configuration for a 10 Hz measurement data rate and T = 0–4.5 ms interrogation time, resulting in Δg/g = 2.0 × 10−6. This work represents a significant step towards deployable cold-atom inertial sensors under large amplitude motional dynamics.

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  • Jongmin Lee & Roger Ding & Justin Christensen & Randy R. Rosenthal & Aaron Ison & Daniel P. Gillund & David Bossert & Kyle H. Fuerschbach & William Kindel & Patrick S. Finnegan & Joel R. Wendt & Micha, 2022. "A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31410-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31410-4
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