The Exploration of Stimulate Raman Processes in Rb85 using Dual Amplitude Pulses

Abstract

Atom interferometers are at the heart of the next generation of sensor device technology. Currently, atom interferometers are at the center of an atomic clock as well as atomic gryoscopes. In applications at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, MD, atom interferometers will be used in creating atomic magnetic field gradiometers. The research done in the atomic Physics lab in Patuxent River, MD is to develop this new technology for magnetic field gradiometers. To develop such technology, pulse shapes and pulse sequences are explored. This thesis will explore theory of atom interferometers as well as a specific pulse shape (the dual amplitude pulse) and its implications in atom interferometry.