Slow Light Augmented Unbalanced Interferometry for Extreme Enhancement in Sensitivity of Measuring Frequency Shift in a Laser

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05491v1
• Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:57:23 GMT
• Title: Slow Light Augmented Unbalanced Interferometry for Extreme Enhancement in Sensitivity of Measuring Frequency Shift in a Laser
• Authors: Ruoxi Zhu, Zifan Zhou, Jinyang Li, Jason Bonacum, David D. Smith and Selim M. Shahriar
• Abstract summary: A slow-light augmented unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer can be used to enhance sensitivity of measuring the frequency shift in a laser. The sensitivity of any sensor that relies on measuring the frequency shift of a laser can be enhanced substantially using this technique.
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• Abstract: We demonstrate a slow-light augmented unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) which can be used to enhance very significantly the sensitivity of measuring the frequency shift in a laser. The degree of enhancement depends on the group index of the slow-light medium, the degree of imbalance between the physical lengths of the two arms of the MZI, and the spectral width of the laser. For a laser based on a high-finesse cavity, yielding a narrow quantum noise limited spectral width, the group index has to be larger than the finesse in order to achieve enhancement in measurement sensitivity. For the reported results, strong slow-light effect is produced by employing electro-magnetically induced transparency via coherent population trapping in a buffer-gas loaded vapor cell of Rb atoms, with a maximum group index of ~1759. The observed enhancement in sensitivity for a range of group indices agrees well with the theoretical model. The maximum enhancement factor observed is ~22355, and much larger values can be obtained using cold atoms for producing the slow-light effect, for example. The sensitivity of any sensor that relies on measuring the frequency shift of a laser can be enhanced substantially using this technique. These include, but are not limited to, gyroscopes and accelerometers based on a conventional ring laser or a superluminal ring laser, and detectors for virialized ultra-light field dark matter. We also show how similar enhancements can be achieved in a slow-light augmented unbalanced Michelson interferometer.

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