Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 11, 1106019(2023)
Realization of the 6Li Cold Atom Interferometer and Precise Measurement of Recoil Frequency
Fig. 1. Diagram of preparation of low-temperature atom sample. (a) The 671 nm MOT and the energy level of 2S-2P transition; (b) the 323 nm MOT and the energy level of 2S-3P transition. The atoms are successively trapped by 671 nm MOT and 323 nm MOT, and the 6×107 atoms are obtained at the temperature of 40 μK finally
Fig. 2. Schematic diagrams and results of the state preparation for 6Li atoms. (a)(b) The schematic diagrams of state preparation by pure optical and combination with laser and radio frequency, respectively; (c)(d)(e) the atom distribution before state preparation, after state preparation by pure optical and combination with laser and radio frequency
Fig. 3. The optical path and energy level diagram of Raman beams in atom interferometer, and space-time trajectories of atoms in Ramsey-Bordé interferometers. (a) The σ+-π polarized crossed Raman beams,HWP and QWP are half wave plates and quarter wave plates, respectively, and PMT is a photomultiplier tube; (b) the energy levels and optical frequencies involved in magnetic insensitive Raman transitions; (c) the space-time trajectories of atoms in the up interferometry that ignores gravity; (d) the space-time trajectories of atoms in the low interferometry that ignores gravity, the solid and dashed lines represent the
Fig. 4. Interference signal of the 6Li atom interferometer. (a)-(d) The probability of the detecting of
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Yang Rui, Liang Zhang, Chunyang Duan, Pengyue Liu, Shichuan Yu, Yuelong Wu, Haibin Wu. Realization of the 6Li Cold Atom Interferometer and Precise Measurement of Recoil Frequency[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(11): 1106019
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: May. 12, 2023
Accepted: May. 23, 2023
Published Online: Jun. 14, 2023
The Author Email: Yuelong Wu (ylwu@lps.ecnu.edu.cn)