Bragg gravity-gradiometer using the 1S0–3P1 intercombination transition of 88Sr
@article{delAguila2018BraggGU, title={Bragg gravity-gradiometer using the 1S0–3P1 intercombination transition of 88Sr}, author={R P del Aguila and Tommaso Mazzoni and Liang Hu and Leonardo Salvi and Guglielmo Maria Tino and Nicola Poli}, journal={New Journal of Physics}, year={2018}, volume={20} }
We present a gradiometer based on matter-wave interference of alkaline-earth-metal atoms, namely 88Sr. The coherent manipulation of the atomic external degrees of freedom is obtained by large-momentum-transfer Bragg diffraction, driven by laser fields detuned away from the narrow 1S0–3P1 intercombination transition. We use a well-controlled artificial gradient, realized by changing the relative frequencies of the Bragg pulses during the interferometer sequence, in order to characterize the…
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