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Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2046 - 2049 (1997)

Precision Rotation Measurements with an Atom Interferometer Gyroscope
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T. L. Gustavson, P. Bouyer, and M. A. Kasevich
Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94035

Received 10 September 1996

We report the demonstration of a Sagnac-effect atom interferometer gyroscope which uses stimulated Raman transitions to coherently manipulate atomic wave packets. We have measured the Earth's rotation rate, and demonstrated a short-term sensitivity to rotations of 2×10-8 (rad/s)/sqrt[Hz].


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v78/p2046
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2046
PACS: 07.10.Yg, 03.75.Dg, 07.60.Ly, 42.50.Vk

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