Long-term stability of an area-reversible atom-interferometer Sagnac gyroscope.

نویسندگان

  • D S Durfee
  • Y K Shaham
  • M A Kasevich
چکیده

We report the first demonstration of a matter-wave interference gyroscope that meets both the short-term noise and long-term stability requirements for high accuracy navigation. This performance level resulted from implementation of a novel technique to precisely reverse the input axis of the gyroscope.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 97 24  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006