Experimental investigation of improving robustness of atom interferometer by stimulated Raman shortcut-to-adiabatic passage

LUSibin; Honghui CHEN; Zexi LU; Zhanwei YAO; LIRunbing; Jin WANG; Mingsheng ZHAN

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461. 2019.04.008

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