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Frontiers in Optics

Application of Large Momentum Transfer Without Swapping the Polarizations of the Raman Beams in a Compact Atom Interferometer

Jinyang Li, M. S. Shahriar

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a design of a simple scheme for Raman-transition-based large momentum transfer, under which the propagation directions of the Raman beams are effectively swapped by tuning their relative frequency instead of swapping their polarizations.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2023.jm7a.146

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