Effect of Raman-pulse duration related to the magnetic field gradient in high-precision atom gravimeters

The effect of the Raman-pulse duration related to the magnetic field gradient, as a systematic error, is playing an important role on evaluating the performance of high-precision atomic gravimeters. We study this effect with a simplified theoretical model of the time-propagation operator. According to the typical parameters, we find that this effect should be taken into account when the gravimeter reaches an accuracy of 10~(-10)g, and the larger the pulse duration is, the more obvious the systematic effect will be. Finally, we make a simple discussion on the possibility of testing this effect.     

Comparison of the sensitivities for atom interferometers in two different operation methods

We investigated the sensitivities of atom interferometers in the usual fringe-scanning method(FSM) versus the fringelocking method(FLM). The theoretical analysis shows that for typical noises in atom interferometers, the FSM will degrade the sensitivity while the FLM does not. The sensitivity-improvement factor of the FLM over the FSM depends on the type of noises, which is validated by numerical simulations. The detailed quantitative analysis on this fundamental issue is presented, and our analysis is readily extendable to other kinds of noises as well as other fringe shapes in addition to a cosine one.     

Common-mode noise rejection using fringe-locking method in WEP test by simultaneous dual-species atom interferometers

We theoretically investigate the application of the fringe-locking method(FLM) in the dual-species quantum test of the weak equivalence principle(WEP).With the FLM,the measurement is performed invariably at the midfringe,and the extraction of the phase shift for atom interferometers is linearized.For the simultaneous interferometers,this linearization enables a good common-mode rejection of vibration noise,which is usually the main limit for high precision WEP tests of the dual-species kind.We note that this method also allows for an unbiased determination of the gravity accelerations difference,which meanwhile is ready to be implemented.     

卫星平台扰动对星载原子干涉重力梯度仪测量影响分析

面向未来空间应用,分析了卫星平台扰动对星载原子干涉重力梯度仪测量噪声的影响。其中卫星平台平动自由度的干扰加速度导致梯度仪质心偏差和梯度仪基线长度变化,卫星平台转动自由度的干扰加速度带来拉曼激光方向偏离,引入额外的离心力与科里奥利力。分析结果表明,对于卫星平动自由度,其干扰加速度贡献的原子干涉重力梯度仪测量噪声较小,可忽略不计;对于卫星转动自由度,可通过对卫星角运动的测量和补偿,将原子干涉重力梯度仪的测量噪声在0.1?Hz以下的测量频带内抑制到1?mE/Hz1/2。所述研究将对未来原子干涉重力梯度仪的星载应用提供理论支撑。