Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry

Publikation: Qualifikations-/StudienabschlussarbeitDissertation

Autoren

  • Fabian Anders
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
QualifikationDoctor rerum naturalium
Gradverleihende Hochschule
Betreut von
  • Carsten Klempt, Betreuer*in
Datum der Verleihung des Grades15 Juni 2022
ErscheinungsortHannover
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022

Abstract

Verschränkte Zustände wurden in vielen atomaren Systemen erzeugt und finden ein aussichtsreiche Anwendung in der verschränkungsgestützten Metrologie. Hier wurden verschränkte Spinzustände erfolgreich in Interferometern eingesetzt, mit denen Magnetfelder und Frequenzen mit erhöhter Empfindlichkeit gemessen werden können. Im Gegensatz dazu werden Atominterferometer zur Messung von Beschleunigungen und Gravitationsfeldern in externen Freiheitsgraden betrieben und spannen eine Fläche in der Raumzeit auf. Um hier verschränkte Zustände nutzen zu können, muss die Verschränkung zwischen Impulszuständen mit geeigneter räumlicher Ausdehnung und Geschwindigkeitsbreite erzeugt werden. In dieser Arbeit wird eine Quelle für impulsverschränkte Atome vorgestellt, die mit heutigen Atominterferometern kompatibel ist. Unter Verwendung einer quasi-adiabatischen Rampe durch einen Quantenphasenübergang werden hochverschränkte Zwillings-Fock- Zustände im inneren Spin-Freiheitsgrad eines 87Rb Bose-Einstein- Kondensats erzeugt. Die Verschränkung wird durch eine stimulierte Raman-Kopplung erfolgreich in den Impulsraum übertragen und durch die direkte Messung eines Verschränkungskriteriums verifiziert. Die beobachtete Modenqualität und die Restexpansion zeigen, dass sich diese verschränkte Quelle gut für die sukzessive Anwendung in Atominterferometern eignet und einen Weg zur Gravimetrie jenseits des Standard-Quantenlimits eröffnet. Darüber hinaus könnten die aufgezeigten Techniken zur Durchführung eines skalierbaren atomaren Bell Tests eingesetzt werden. Langfristig könnten ähnliche verschränkte Quellen insbesondere die Leistung von Gravitationsgradiometern, Tests des Einsteinschen Äquivalenzprinzips und zukünftigen atomaren Gravitationswellendetektoren verbessern.

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Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry. / Anders, Fabian.
Hannover, 2022. 113 S.

Publikation: Qualifikations-/StudienabschlussarbeitDissertation

Anders, F 2022, 'Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry', Doctor rerum naturalium, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover. https://doi.org/10.15488/12802
Anders, F. (2022). Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry. [Dissertation, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover]. https://doi.org/10.15488/12802
Anders F. Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry. Hannover, 2022. 113 S. doi: 10.15488/12802
Anders, Fabian. / Entangled momentum modes for atom interferometry. Hannover, 2022. 113 S.
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