Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A compact cold-atom interferometer with a high data-rate grating magneto-optical trap and a photonic-integrated-circuit-compatible laser system

  • Jongmin Lee,
  • Roger Ding,
  • Justin Christensen,
  • Randy R. Rosenthal,
  • Aaron Ison,
  • Daniel P. Gillund,
  • David Bossert,
  • Kyle H. Fuerschbach,
  • William Kindel,
  • Patrick S. Finnegan,
  • Joel R. Wendt,
  • Michael Gehl,
  • Ashok Kodigala,
  • Hayden McGuinness,
  • Charles A. Walker,
  • Shanalyn A. Kemme,
  • Anthony Lentine,
  • Grant Biedermann,
  • Peter D. D. Schwindt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31410-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Cold-atom interferometers have been miniaturized towards fieldable quantum inertial sensing applications. Here the authors demonstrate a compact cold-atom interferometer using microfabricated gratings and discuss the possible use of photonic integrated circuits for laser systems.