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Test of the He-McKellar-Wilkens topological phase by atom interferometry. Part I: theoretical discussion
Steven Lepoutre, Alexandre Gauguet, Matthias Büchner +1
We have recently tested the topological phase predicted by He and McKellar and by Wilkens: this phase appears when an electric dipole propagates in a transverse magnetic field. In…
Test of the He-McKellar-Wilkens topological phase by atom interferometry. Part II: the experiment and its results
Steven Lepoutre, Jonathan Gillot, Alexandre Gauguet +2
In this paper, we describe an experimental test of the He-McKellar-Wilkens (HMW) topological phase with our lithium atom interferometer. The expected value of the HMW phase shift i…
Dispersion compensation in atom interferometry by a Sagnac phase
Marion Jacquey, Alain Miffre, Gérard Trénec +3
We reanalyzed our atom interferometer measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium now accounting for the Sagnac effect due to Earth rotation. The resulting correction to…
Index of refraction of gases for matter waves: effect of the motion of the gas particles on the calculation of the index
Caroline Champenois, Marion Jacquey, Steven Lepoutre +3
Two different formulae relating the index of refraction of gases for atom waves to the scattering amplitude have been published. We show here that these two formulae are not co…
Test of the isotopic and velocity selectivity of a lithium atom interferometer by magnetic dephasing
Marion Jacquey, Alain Miffre, Matthias Büchner +2
A magnetic field gradient applied to an atom interferometer induces a -dependent phase shift which results in a series of decays and revivals of the fringe visibility. Using our…
Atom interferometry
Alain Miffre, Marion Jacquey, Matthias Büchner +2
In this paper, we present a brief overview of atom interferometry. This field of research has developed very rapidly since 1991. Atom and light wave interferometers present some si…