First steps toward precision measurements using multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates of rubidium-87.

摘要

Experimental and theoretical progress toward the application of multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates of 87Rb to precision metrology are discussed. The building of a laser-cooling and trapping experimental apparatus is described. Experimental work on magnetization-sensitive imaging of spin-1 spinor condensates and their application to magnetometry is discussed, followed by a theoretical discussion of the periodically dressed condensate, with reference to enhancing the sensitivity of frequency and time measurements.