High precision atom interferometers have shown attractive prospects in laboratory for testing fundamental physics and inertial sensing.Efforts on applying this innovative technology to field applications are also bein...High precision atom interferometers have shown attractive prospects in laboratory for testing fundamental physics and inertial sensing.Efforts on applying this innovative technology to field applications are also being made intensively.As the manipulation of cold atoms and related matching technologies mature,inertial sensors based on atom interferometry can be adapted to various indoor or mobile platforms.A series of experiments have been conducted and high performance has been achieved.In this paper,we will introduce the principles,the key technologies,and the applications of atom interferometers,and mainly review the recent progress of movable atom gravimeters.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11625417,91636219,11727809,91736311,and 11922404).
文摘High precision atom interferometers have shown attractive prospects in laboratory for testing fundamental physics and inertial sensing.Efforts on applying this innovative technology to field applications are also being made intensively.As the manipulation of cold atoms and related matching technologies mature,inertial sensors based on atom interferometry can be adapted to various indoor or mobile platforms.A series of experiments have been conducted and high performance has been achieved.In this paper,we will introduce the principles,the key technologies,and the applications of atom interferometers,and mainly review the recent progress of movable atom gravimeters.
