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Quectonewton local force sensor
Yann Balland, Luc Absil, Franck Pereira dos Santos
We report on the realization of a quantum sensor based on trapped atom interferometry in an optical lattice for the measurement of atom-surface interactions, with sub-micrometer-le…
Long-range temperature-controlled transport of ultra-cold atoms with an accelerated lattice
Luc Absil, Yann Balland, Franck Pereira dos Santos
We report our method for transporting ultracold atoms over macroscopic distances and trapping them back in a vertical mixed trap, consisting of the superposition of a vertical latt…
Rotation related systematic effects in a cold atom interferometer onboard a Nadir pointing satellite
Quentin Beaufils, Julien Lefebve, Joel Gomes Baptista +6
We study the effects of rotations on a cold atom accelerometer onboard a Nadir pointing satellite. A simulation of the satellite attitude combined with a calculation of the phase o…
A compact differential gravimeter at the quantum projection noise limit
Camille Janvier, Vincent Ménoret, Sébastien Merlet +3
Atom interferometry offers new perspectives for geophysics and inertial sensing. We present the industrial prototype of a new type of quantum-based instrument: a compact, transport…
Calibration of a superconducting gravimeter with an absolute atom gravimeter
S. Merlet, P. Gillot, B. Cheng +4
We present a 27-days long common view measurement of an absolute cold atom gravimeter (CAG) and a relative iGrav superconducting gravimeter, which we use to calibrate the iGrav sca…
Resolution of the Co-Location Problem in Satellite Quantum Tests of the Universality of Free Fall
Sina Loriani, Christian Schubert, Dennis Schlippert +5
A major challenge common to all Galilean drop tests of the Universality of Free Fall (UFF) is the required control over the initial kinematics of the two test masses upon release d…
High-accuracy inertial measurements with cold-atom sensors
Remi Geiger, Arnaud Landragin, Sébastien Merlet +1
The research on cold-atom interferometers gathers a large community of about 50 groups worldwide both in the academic and now in the industrial sectors. The interest in this sub-fi…
ELGAR -- a European Laboratory for Gravitation and Atom-interferometric Research
B. Canuel, S. Abend, P. Amaro-Seoane +55
Gravitational Waves (GWs) were observed for the first time in 2015, one century after Einstein predicted their existence. There is now growing interest to extend the detection band…
A prototype industrial laser system for cold atom inertial sensing in space
Romain Caldani, Sébastien Merlet, Franck Pereira Dos Santos +4
We present the design, realization, characterization and testing of an industrial prototype of a laser system, which is based on frequency doubling of telecom lasers and features a…
Concept study and preliminary design of a cold atom interferometer for space gravity gradiometry
A. Trimeche, B. Battelier, D. Becker +14
We study a space-based gravity gradiometer based on cold atom interferometry and its potential for the Earth's gravitational field mapping. The instrument architecture has been pro…
Magic density in a self-rephasing ensemble of trapped ultracold atoms
Alexis Bonnin, Cyrille Solaro, Xavier Alauze +1
We investigate the collective spin dynamics of a self-rephasing bosonic ensemble of Rb trapped in a 1D vertical optical lattice. We show that the combination of the frequenc…
The theory of quantum levitators
François Impens, Franck Pereira Dos Santos, Christian J. Bordé
We develop a unified theory for clocks and gravimeters using the interferences of multiple atomic waves put in levitation by traveling light pulses. Inspired by optical methods, we…
Comparison of 3 absolute gravimeters based on different methods for the e-MASS project
A. Louchet-Chauvet, S. Merlet, Q. Bodart +5
We report on the comparison between three absolute gravimeters that took place in April 2010 at Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais. The three instruments (FG5#209 from…