Effect of trap anharmonicity on a free-oscillation atom interferometer
Effect of trap anharmonicity on a free-oscillation atom interferometer
A free-oscillation interferometer uses atoms confined in a harmonic trap. Bragg scattering from an off-resonant laser is used to split an atomic wave function into two separated packets. After one or more oscillations in the trap, the wave packets are recombined by a second application of the Bragg laser to …