Magnetic-field-sensitive multi-wave interference

doi:10.1007/s11467-023-1300-8

Front. Phys.

2023, Vol. 18

Issue (5) : 52306 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-023-1300-8

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Magnetic-field-sensitive multi-wave interference

Wenhua Yan¹, Xudong Ren¹, Wenjie Xu¹(

), Zhongkun Hu^1,², Minkang Zhou¹

¹. MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurements, Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, PGMF and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
². Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430206, China

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Abstract

We report an experimental study of magnetic-field-sensitive multi-wave interference, realized in a three-wave RF-atom system. In the F = 1 hyperfine level of the $87 R b 52 S 1 / 2$ ground state, Ramsey fringes were observed via the spin-selective Raman detection. A decrease in the fringe contrast was observed with increasing free evolution time. The maximum evolution time for observable fringe contrasts was investigated at different atom temperatures, under free-falling and trapped conditions. As the main interest of the Ramsey method, the improvement in magnetic field resolution is observed with an increase of evolution time T up to 3 ms and with the measurement resolution reaching 0.85 nT. This study paves the way for precision magnetic field measurements based on cold atoms.

Keywords atom interferometer magnetometer cold atom device multi-wave interference

Corresponding Author(s): Wenjie Xu

Issue Date: 07 June 2023

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Wenhua Yan,Xudong Ren,Wenjie Xu, et al. Magnetic-field-sensitive multi-wave interference[J]. Front. Phys. , 2023, 18(5): 52306.

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Fig.1 Experimental sequence of the Ramsey interference in the three-wave system. Raman spin-selective detection is used to read the population in spin states.

Fig.2 (a) Global view and (b) detailed view of the atomic interference magnetometer integrated into a BEC gravimeter.

Fig.3 Raman spectrum of the initial state. Solid lines are the Gaussian fits representing the relative ratio in the spin states.

Fig.4 RF frequency scan for the resonant transition frequency.

Fig.5 Rabi oscillation initialized and observed in

| 1, 0 ?

state.

Fig.6 Interference fringes observed on the three spin states.

Fig.7 Ramsey fringes with different evolution times. The dashed line indicates the overlapped fringe center.

Fig.8 Fringes with the increase of evolution time.

Fig.9 Fringe contrast decay with different temperatures of atoms under free falling condition.

Fig.10 Fringe contrast decay with different temperatures of atoms under OCDT trapped condition.

Fig.11 Phase resolution

σ ?

and magnetic field resolution

σ B

in different evolution time T.

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