Self-Alignment of a Large-Area Dual-Atom-Interferometer Gyroscope Using Parameter Decoupled Phase Seeking Calibrations

Abstract

We realize a Mach-Zehnder-type dual-atom-interferometer gyroscope with an interrogation arm of 40 cm length and the interference area up to 1.2 cm${}^2$. The precise angular alignment of the large-scale separated Raman lasers is demonstrated by seeking the phase intersection of Ramsey-Bord$\acute{e}$ interferometers after the gravity effect is compensated and by decoupling the velocity dependent crosstalk phase shifts, and applied to build the Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer. Then a compact inertial rotation sensor is realized based on dual large-area Mach-Zehnder atom interferometers by precisely aligning the large-scale separated Raman lasers, in which the coherence is well preserved and the common noise is differentially suppressed. The sensor presents a sensitivity of $1.5\times 10^{-7}$ rad/s/Hz${}^{1/2}$, and a stability of $9.5\times 10^{-10}$ rad/s at 23000 s. The absolute rotation measurement is carried out by adjusting the atomic velocity which corresponds to modulating the scale factor.

6 pages, 4 figures