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Tractor atom interferometer for fundamental physics and space science applications

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Tractor atom interferometer for fundamental physics and space science applications

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In a collaborative effort between three research groups, we propose to design and build a novel type of tractor atom interferometer for inertial sensing of rotation (gyroscope), acceleration (accelerometer), gravity (gravity gradiometer), and high precision timing (clock). The collaboration is led by Prof. G. Raithel (experiment, U of M), Prof. V. Vuletic (experiment, MIT), and Dr. V. S. Malinovsky (theory, ARL). The ultimate goal of the research proposal is to develop quantum detectors that go beyond the “Standard Quantum Limit (SQL)” for uncorrelated atomic states, approaching the more fundamental “Heisenberg limit” – a potential increase of the signalto-noise ratio by multiple orders of magnitude.

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