Measurement of the sensitivity function in a time-domain atomic interferometer

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1141-1148

  Cheinet, Patrick ^a   Canuel, Benjamin ^b   Dos Santos, Franck Pereira ^c   Gauguet, Alexandre ^c   Yver Leduc, Florence ^c   Landragin, Arnaud ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic physics; Gyroscopes; Interferometry; Laser noise; Phase noise; Phase locked loops (PLLs); Vibrations

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; GYROSCOPES; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE NOISE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

INERTIAL SENSORS; LASER NOISE; QUARTZ OSCILLATORS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 44349094285     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.915148     Document Type: Article

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