Perturbative operator approach to high-precision light-pulse atom interferometry

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.02042v2
• Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:52:41 GMT
• Title: Perturbative operator approach to high-precision light-pulse atom interferometry
• Authors: Christian Ufrecht and Enno Giese
• Abstract summary: We present a systematic operator expansion to obtain phase shifts and contrast analytically in powers of the perturbation. Together with general conditions for the validity of the approach, we provide a particularly useful formula for the phase including wave-packet effects.
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• Abstract: Light-pulse atom interferometers are powerful quantum sensors, however, their accuracy for example in tests of the weak equivalence principle is limited by various spurious influences like magnetic stray fields or blackbody radiation. Pushing the accuracy therefore requires a detailed assessment of the size of such deleterious effects. Here, we present a systematic operator expansion to obtain phase shifts and contrast analytically in powers of the perturbation. The result can either be employed for robust straightforward order-of-magnitude estimates or for rigorous calculations. Together with general conditions for the validity of the approach, we provide a particularly useful formula for the phase including wave-packet effects.

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