Apparatus for Inertial Sensing with Cold Atoms

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dc.contributor.advisorKumarakrishnan, Anantharaman
dc.creatorCarew, Adam Curtis
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T13:53:03Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T13:53:03Z
dc.date.copyright2018-08-07
dc.date.issued2018-11-21
dc.date.updated2018-11-21T13:53:03Z
dc.degree.disciplinePhysics And Astronomy
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractA variety of experimental techniques and equipment for the measurement of inertial effects are herein presented. The bulk of the work relates to improvements to an existing local gravitational acceleration "little-g'' measurement apparatus. These improvements are predicted to push the statistical uncertainty in the measurement of g to less than 1 part-per-billion (ppb). To accomplish this goal, several other projects were undertaken. These include a finite-element model of the magnetic field coil setup used in the experimental apparatus, as well as the design and construction of a hermetically-sealed diode laser system with excellent long-term frequency stability. Additionally, a direct digital synthesis-based frequency generator was designed and built for a proposed frequency-domain atom interferometer experiment. Finally, a side-project involving the evaluation of the magnetic field uniformity/stability of a commercial optical isolator was performed, and its results are presented as an appendix.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35562
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAtomic physics
dc.subject.keywordsAtomic physics
dc.subject.keywordsInterferometry
dc.subject.keywordsInertial sensing
dc.subject.keywordsGravimetry
dc.subject.keywordsCold atoms
dc.subject.keywordsTrapped atoms
dc.subject.keywordsLaser development
dc.titleApparatus for Inertial Sensing with Cold Atoms
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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