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Point source atom interferometry with a cloud of finite size

August 19, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory W. Hoth, Bruno M. Pelle, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley
We demonstrate a two axis gyroscope by use of light pulse atom interferometry with an expanding cloud of atoms in the regime where the cloud has expanded by 1.1 to 5 times its initial size during the interrogation. Rotations are measured by analyzing

Miniature atomic scaler magnetometer for space based on the rubidium isotope 87 Rb

July 22, 2016
Author(s)
Haje Korth, Kim Strohbehn, Francisco Tejada, Andreas G Andreou, John Kitching, Svenja A. Knappe, S. John Lehtonen, Shaughn M. London, Matiwos Kafel
A miniature absolute scalar magnetometer based on the rubidium isotope 87Rb was developed for possible future operation in space. The instrument design implements both Mx and Mz mode operation and leverages a novel micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)

Microresonator Brillouin laser stabilization using a microfabricated rubidium cell

June 17, 2016
Author(s)
William Loh, Matthew T. Hummon, Holly Leopardi, Tara Fortier, Franklyn Quinlan, John Kitching, Scott Papp, Scott Diddams
We frequency stabilize the output of a miniature stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) laser to rubidium atoms in a microfabricated cell to realize a laser system with frequency stability at the 10-11 level over seven decades in averaging time. In addition

Low Helium Permeation Cells for Atomic Microsystems Technology

June 15, 2016
Author(s)
Argyrios Dellis, Shah Vishal, Elizabeth A. Donley, Svenja A. Knappe, John E. Kitching
The miniaturization of instruments and sensors based on laser-cooled atoms is hindered by the large pumps needed to maintain the vacuum requirements. A significant source of vacuum contamination is the permeation of gases through the walls of the chamber

Frequency shift mitigation in a cold-atom CPT clock

May 8, 2016
Author(s)
Xiaochi Liu, John Kitching, Elizabeth Donley, Eugene N. Ivanov
An upgrade in the laser interrogation system for our cold-atom clock based on coherent population trapping has resulted in a reduced light shift. The new approach makes use of an electro-optic modulator to significantly reduce the phase coherence of the

Extended Source Interferometry in the Compact Regime

April 4, 2016
Author(s)
Bruno M. Pelle, Gregory W. Hoth, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley
We present an atom interferometer based on an expanding cloud of laser-cooled atoms sensitive to rotations along two axes and acceleration along one axis in an effective volume of 1 cm3. We observed spatially resolved fringes by imaging the expanding cloud

NIST on a Chip: Realizing SI units with microfabricated alkali vapour cells

October 16, 2015
Author(s)
John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley, Svenja A. Knappe, Matthew T. Hummon, Argyrios Dellis, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Qiliang Li, Daron A. Westly, Brian J. Roxworthy, Amit Lal
We describe several ways in which microfabricated alkali atom vapour cells might potentially be used to accurately realize a variety of SI units, including the second, the meter, the kelvin, the ampere and the volt, in a compact, low-cost “chip-scale”

Compact atom-interferometer gyroscope based on an expanding ball of atoms

October 12, 2015
Author(s)
Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching, Stefan Riedl, Gregory W. Hoth, Bruno M. Pelle
We present a compact atom interferometer based on 87Rb atoms that can simultaneously measure rotations and accelerations with a single source of atoms in a 300 cm3 vacuum package.

Microfabricated Optically-Pumped Magnetometers for Biomagnetic Applications

October 12, 2015
Author(s)
Svenja A. Knappe, John E. Kitching, Orang Alem, Dong Sheng
We report on the progress in developing microfabricated optically-pumped magnetometer arrays for imaging applications. We have improved our sensitivities by several orders of magnitude in the last ten years, Now, our zero-field sensors reach values below

Resonant interaction of trapped cold atoms with a magnetic cantilever tip

June 26, 2015
Author(s)
John E. Kitching, Chris Montoya, Jose Valencia, Andrew A. Geraci, Matt Eardley, John M. Moreland
Magnetic resonance in an ensemble of laser-cooled trapped Rb atoms is excited using a micro cantilever with a magnetic tip. The cantilever is mounted on a multi-layer atom chip designed to capture, cool, and magnetically transport cold atoms. The coupling

Fetal magnetocardiography measurements with a multichannel microfabricated atomic magnetometer array

June 3, 2015
Author(s)
Svenja A. Knappe, Orang Alem, Tilmann H. Sander, Rahul R. Mhaskar, John LeBlanc, Hari Eswaran, Uwe Steinhoff, Yoshio Okada, John E. Kitching, Lutz Trahms
Following the rapid progress in the development of atomic magnetometer technology for the measurement of magnetic fields in the femtotesla range, a successful assembly of individual sensors into an array of nearly identical sensors is within reach. The

Light shifts in a pulsed cold-atom coherent-population-trapping clock

April 10, 2015
Author(s)
Eric M. Blanshan, Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching
Field-grade atomic clocks capable of primary standard performance in compact physics packages would be of significant value in a variety of applications. A cold-atom coherent population trapping clock featuring laser-cooled 87Rb atoms and pulsed Ramsey

Magnetoencephalography of Epilepsy with a Microfabricated Atomic Magnetrode

October 22, 2014
Author(s)
Svenja A. Knappe, Orang Alem, Alex M. Benison, Daniel S. Barth, John E. Kitching
We measured the magnetic signature of epileptiform discharges with high signal-to-noise ratio, using microfabricated atomic magnetometers based on laser spectroscopy of rubidium vapor and similar in size to scalp EEG electrodes. Sensitivity to neuronal