• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 9, 090201 (2020)
Bin Chen1、2、3, Jinbao Long1、2、3, Hongtai Xie1、2、3, Chenyang Li1、2、3, Luokan Chen1、2、3, Bonan Jiang1、2、3, and Shuai Chen1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Shanghai Branch, CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai 201315, China
  • 3Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.090201 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Bin Chen, Jinbao Long, Hongtai Xie, Chenyang Li, Luokan Chen, Bonan Jiang, Shuai Chen. Portable atomic gravimeter operating in noisy urban environments[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(9): 090201 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic diagram of the main science package, where the miniaturized atom sensor is mounted on the portable active vibration isolation platform. (b) Photo of the portable atomic gravimeter running in a noisy lab.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic diagram of the main science package, where the miniaturized atom sensor is mounted on the portable active vibration isolation platform. (b) Photo of the portable atomic gravimeter running in a noisy lab.
    (a) Schematic overview of the three-dimensional active vibration isolator. (b) Vibration noise in the vertical direction. Red: the noise spectrum measured directly on the lab floor. Blue: the residual vibration noise on the passive isolator. Black: the residual vibration noise on the isolator with active feedback. (c) Long-term performance of the isolator. Inset: vibrational transfer function of the atom sensor.
    Fig. 2. (a) Schematic overview of the three-dimensional active vibration isolator. (b) Vibration noise in the vertical direction. Red: the noise spectrum measured directly on the lab floor. Blue: the residual vibration noise on the passive isolator. Black: the residual vibration noise on the isolator with active feedback. (c) Long-term performance of the isolator. Inset: vibrational transfer function of the atom sensor.
    Interferometry fringe for T=82 ms. It is obtained by 48 drops in 16 s for chirp up and down, respectively. Each black dot is the probability of atoms in the |1,0〉 state by the averaging of four drops. The error bar represents the statistical error. The purple and red lines are the fitting according to chirp up and down, respectively.
    Fig. 3. Interferometry fringe for T=82ms. It is obtained by 48 drops in 16 s for chirp up and down, respectively. Each black dot is the probability of atoms in the |1,0 state by the averaging of four drops. The error bar represents the statistical error. The purple and red lines are the fitting according to chirp up and down, respectively.
    Top: the gravity acceleration Δg measured by the portable atomic gravimeter between the 29th October and the 8th November 2019. The setup works continuously for more than 10 days in the noisy lab. The two breaks (from 130 h to 143 h and from 192 h to 201 h) are caused by the lasers out of lock. Bottom: the residue achieved from the corresponding gravity signal subtracted by Earth’s tides.
    Fig. 4. Top: the gravity acceleration Δg measured by the portable atomic gravimeter between the 29th October and the 8th November 2019. The setup works continuously for more than 10 days in the noisy lab. The two breaks (from 130 h to 143 h and from 192 h to 201 h) are caused by the lasers out of lock. Bottom: the residue achieved from the corresponding gravity signal subtracted by Earth’s tides.
    Allan deviation of the gravity signal corrected for Earth’s tides in the daytime (red) and at night (black). The τ−1/2 slopes represent the corresponding averaging expected for white noise.
    Fig. 5. Allan deviation of the gravity signal corrected for Earth’s tides in the daytime (red) and at night (black). The τ1/2 slopes represent the corresponding averaging expected for white noise.
    Bin Chen, Jinbao Long, Hongtai Xie, Chenyang Li, Luokan Chen, Bonan Jiang, Shuai Chen. Portable atomic gravimeter operating in noisy urban environments[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(9): 090201
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