A compact atom interferometer for future space missions

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-561

  Sorrentino, Fiodor ^a   Bongs, Kai ^b   Bouyer, Philippe ^c   Cacciapuoti, Luigi ^d   De Angelis, Marella ^a   Dittus, Hansjoerg ^e   Ertmer, Wolfgang ^f   Giorgini, A ^a   Hartwig, J ^f   Hauth, Matthias ^g   Herrmann, Sven ^h   Inguscio, Massimo ⁱ   Kajari, Endre ^j   Könemann, Thorben T ^h   Lämmerzahl, Claus ^h   Landragin, Arnaud ^k   Modugno, Giovanni ⁱ   Pereira Dos Santos, Frank ^k   Peters, Achmin ^g   Prevedelli, Marco ^l   Rasel, Ernst M ^f   Schleich, Wolfgang P ^j   Schmidt, Malte ^g   Senger, Alexander ^g   Sengstock, Klaus ^m   Stern, Guillaume ^c   Tino, Guglielmo Maria ^a   Walser, Reinhold ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^k OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Atom interferometry; Inertial sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SENSORS; ATOM INTERFEROMETER; ATOM INTERFEROMETRY; ATOMIC SOURCES; CURRENT STATUS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FUNDAMENTAL DETECTION; INERTIAL SENSOR; LASER SYSTEMS; LIGHT WAVE; LOW PHASE NOISE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; PRECISE MONITORING; QUANTUM LEAPS; RAMAN LASERS; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SPACE MISSIONS;

DROPS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; RUBIDIUM; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT; TOWERS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77957978468     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-010-9240-7     Document Type: Article

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