
Benjamin Garber
Ph.D. Student in Physics, admitted Autumn 2017
All Publications
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Matter-wave Atomic Gradiometer Interferometric Sensor (MAGIS-100)
QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2021; 6 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2058-9565/abf719
View details for Web of Science ID 000673145000001
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Large Momentum Transfer Clock Atom Interferometry on the 689 nm Intercombination Line of Strontium
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2020; 124 (8): 083604
Abstract
We report the first realization of large momentum transfer (LMT) clock atom interferometry. Using single-photon interactions on the strontium ^{1}S_{0}-^{3}P_{1} transition, we demonstrate Mach-Zehnder interferometers with state-of-the-art momentum separation of up to 141 ℏk and gradiometers of up to 81 ℏk. Moreover, we circumvent excited state decay limitations and extend the gradiometer duration to 50 times the excited state lifetime. Because of the broad velocity acceptance of the interferometry pulses, all experiments are performed with laser-cooled atoms at a temperature of 3 μK. This work has applications in high-precision inertial sensing and paves the way for LMT-enhanced clock atom interferometry on even narrower transitions, a key ingredient in proposals for gravitational wave detection and dark matter searches.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.083604
View details for Web of Science ID 000517295000002
View details for PubMedID 32167328