Mark Saunders Inertial sensing with cold atoms

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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The -kicked rotor (kr)

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Classical kr

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Classical kr

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Classical kr: Poincaré sections

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Quantum kr

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Quantum kr

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Quantum kr: Resonance and antiresonance

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Quantum kr: Resonance and antiresonance

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Quantum kr: Resonance and antiresonance

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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The atom-optical -kicked accelerator

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The atom-optical -kicked accelerator

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The two-level atom

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The two-level atom

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The two-level atom

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The two-level atom

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The two-level atom

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The two-level atom

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The atom-optical -kicked accelerator

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The atom-optical -kicked accelerator

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The atom-optical -kicked accelerator

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Thermal gas: Initial conditions

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Thermal gas: Initial conditions

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Thermal gas: Initial conditions

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Simulations

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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Experimental accessibility

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Applications

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Application 1: Velocity selection

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Application 1: Velocity selection

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Application 2: Gyroscopes

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Application 2: Gyroscopes

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Application 2: Gyroscopes

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Application 3: Accelerometry

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Applications

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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Inertial sensitivity: Zero Temperature limit

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Inertial sensitivity: Zero Temperature limit

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Inertial sensitivity: Zero Temperature limit

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Inertial sensitivity: Zero Temperature limit

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Inertial sensitivity: Finite temperatures

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Resonance width

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Resonance width

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Resonance width

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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Thesis

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Quantum kr: Resonance and antiresonance

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Fractional resonance: Zero temperature limit

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Thermal gas: w = 2.5

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Quasimomentum dependence

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Inertial dependence

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Inertial sensitivity: Zero Temperature limit

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Quantum observables

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Quantum observables

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Quantum observables

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Simulations

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Simulations

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Hoogerland: Velocity selection

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Prentiss: Analytic Result

Question: How well is coherence preserved?

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dkp: Thermal resolution

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Momentum cumulants: Simulation results

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Momentum cumulants: Power law transition

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Momentum cumulants: Power law transition

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Resonance width

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w dependence

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Quasimomentum Resonance Width

Interpretation: The resonance widths are independent of gravity (To be verified analytically).

Question: WHY does the gravity affect the temperature dependence?

Answer: This phenomenon must be due the number of resonances rather than their width.

Observation: The second- and fourth-order momentum moments have a similar quasimomentum dependence

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Moment Evolution Analytic Asymptotes

[8] Halkyard, Saunders, Challis and Gardiner, in preparation (March 2008)

Ultra-cold Limit Thermal Limit

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Moment Evolution in Temperature Limits

Ultra-cold Limit Thermal Limit

[9] d’Arcy, Godun, Oberthaler, Summi, Burnett, and Gardiner,

Phys. Rev. E 64 056233 (2001)

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Momentum Moment Temperature Dependence

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Momentum Cumulant Temperature Dependence

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Inertial sensing with cold atoms.

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