TY - JOUR
T1 - Ramsey spectroscopy, matter-wave interferometry, and the microwave-lensing frequency shift
AU - Gibble, Kurt
PY - 2014/7/14
Y1 - 2014/7/14
N2 - We derive the general frequency shift of a microwave atomic clock due to resonant dipole forces acting on the atomic wave functions during the Ramsey interactions. We explicitly demonstrate that only dressed-state populations in position space contribute significantly to the frequency shift and that the de Broglie phases of the dressed-state wave functions do not contribute. In addition, we show that momentum changes in the second Ramsey interaction normally produce negligible frequency shifts in comparison to those from the first Ramsey interaction.
AB - We derive the general frequency shift of a microwave atomic clock due to resonant dipole forces acting on the atomic wave functions during the Ramsey interactions. We explicitly demonstrate that only dressed-state populations in position space contribute significantly to the frequency shift and that the de Broglie phases of the dressed-state wave functions do not contribute. In addition, we show that momentum changes in the second Ramsey interaction normally produce negligible frequency shifts in comparison to those from the first Ramsey interaction.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.015601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.015601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84904626633
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 90
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 015601
ER -