Micro-Gal level gravity measurements with cold atom interferometry

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/5/050401

Abstract Developments of the micro-Gal level gravimeter based on atom interferometry are reviewed, and the recent progress and results of our group are also presented. Atom interferometric gravimeters have shown high resolution and accuracy for gravity measurements. This kind of quantum sensor has excited world-wide interest for both practical applications and fundamental research.

Keywords: gravity measurements atom interferometer laser cooling and trapping precision measurements

Received: 13 February 2015
Revised: 19 March 2015
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PACS:	04.80.-y	(Experimental studies of gravity)
	03.75.Dg	(Atom and neutron interferometry)
	37.10.-x	(Atom, molecule, and ion cooling methods)
	06.20.-f	(Metrology)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41127002, 11204094, 11205064, and 11474115) and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2011AA060503).

Corresponding Authors: Hu Zhong-Kun
E-mail: zkhu@hust.edu.cn

About author: 04.80.-y; 03.75.Dg; 37.10.-x; 06.20.-f

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Zhou Min-Kang (周敏康), Duan Xiao-Chun (段小春), Chen Le-Le (陈乐乐), Luo Qin (罗覃), Xu Yao-Yao (徐耀耀), Hu Zhong-Kun (胡忠坤) Micro-Gal level gravity measurements with cold atom interferometry 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 050401

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