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- Optical sensors are limited in precision by the wavelengths of light employed.
- the de Broglie wavelengths associated with atoms can be several orders of magnitude shorter than optical wavelengths.
- extremely high precision sensors and instruments e.g., interferometers and ring gyros, have been developed based on the de Broglie matterwaves of atoms.
- functional equivalents of optical elements such as mirrors, splitters, and lenses.
- a functional equivalent of a resonator such as those used to stabilize lasers, is still needed
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW) generator system.
- COMP coherent oscillatory matterwave
- FIGS. 2 A and 2 B are schematic diagrams of a COMW generator of the system of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a COMW generation process implementable in the system of FIG. 1 and in other systems.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the COMW generator of FIG. 2 showing adjustable source and oscillator parameters.
- FIG. 5 A is a graph of a spatial distribution of potential energy for detuned gaussian laser beam “knives” used to form barriers, mirrors, and splitters in the system of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 5 B is a graph of transmission versus energy for the “knives” of FIG. 5 A .
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an accelerometer including two of the COMW resonator systems of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of an accelerometer process implementable in the accelerometer of FIG. 6 and in other systems.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an atomtronic transistor.
- FIG. 9 A is a graph of energy/amplitude E d as a function of time t for a COMW.
- FIG. 9 B is an energy/amplitude E d as a function of time t as it transitions from a range with a relatively low index of refraction to a range with a relatively high index of refraction.
- FIG. 10 A is a screen shot for positive (focusing) lenses formed with a blue light field and a red light field respectively.
- FIG. 10 B is a screen shot for negative (diverging) lenses formed with a blue light field and a red light field respectively.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the atomtronic transistor of FIG. 8 including a detail of the gate.
- FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of a driven oscillator process for the atomtronic transistor process of FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 13 A is a representation of a gate corresponding to a harmonic oscillator.
- FIG. 13 B is a representation of an inverted classical oscillator.
- FIG. 13 C is a representation of a regular classical oscillator.
- FIG. 14 is a classical equivalent circuit for an atomtronic transistor.
- FIGS. 15 A and 15 B are representations of gate barriers of the gate of the atomtronic transistor of FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 16 A is a representation of a COMW reflecting off a tall potential barrier.
- FIG. 16 B shows a matteron detector with a conceptual spring between a mass and a tall potential barrier.
- a COMW resonator can have two or more “mirrors” formed by light fields. Such light fields can be characterized, for example, by wavelengths that are blue-detuned with respect to a resonance transition for constituent atoms of a COMW. Such a resonator can be used, for example, to stabilize a COMW oscillator just as an optical resonator can stabilize a laser.
- the COMW can be generated using a COMW generator system and a feedback system to regulate the COMW output.
- the COMW generator system includes a continuous source of condensed matter, e.g., a condensed population of rubidium 87 ( 87 Ru) atoms, that feeds a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) oscillator.
- BEC Bose-Einstein condensate
- a standing COMW intensifies as incoming condensed matter reinforces reflected matterwaves.
- the oscillator functions as a Fabry-Perot interferometer such that the intensified oscillations result in comparably intense transmission of COMW out of the oscillator.
- the feedback system can include a COMW resonator and a detector to measure the intensity of COMW transmitted by the resonator.
- the feedback system serves to regulate the frequency and to narrow the linewidth (frequency spread) of the COMW.
- Instruments accelerometers, gyros
- S/N shot-noise-limited signal-to-noise ratios
- Coherent oscillatory matterwaves are distinct from de Broglie matterwaves.
- COMWs can be accelerated (e.g., reflected or split) using constant optical gradients; de Broglie matterwaves can be accelerated using Bragg or Raman scattering induced by pulsed light. Accordingly, COMW provide for continuous wave measurements, whereas measurements based on de Broglie matterwaves are pulsed.
- COMW measurements are multi-cycle, whereas de Broglie matterwave measurements tend to be single-shot; as a result, the latter must be made larger to equal the noise performance of the former.
- COMW instruments provide greater shot-noise-limited S/N ratios than do de Broglie matterwave instruments.
- a closed loop coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW) generation system 100 includes an COMW generator 110 and a feedback system 120 .
- COMW generator 110 includes an atom source 112 , a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) oscillator 114 , and an EMR and magnetic field controller 116 .
- COMW feedback system 120 includes a COMW splitter 122 , a COMW resonator 124 , and a COMW sensor 126 .
- Alternative embodiments substitute other molecular-entity (e.g., including ions and polyatomic molecules) bosons for atoms and some embodiments omit a COMW sensor.
- source 112 maintains a reservoir of ultra-cold atoms 202 .
- Atoms 202 can tunnel from source 112 to BEC oscillator 114 ; as they do so, they cool to form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) 204 .
- BEC Bose-Einstein condensate
- the dipole-oscillating BEC 204 oscillates back and forth between an entrance mirror 206 and an exit mirror 208 of oscillator 114 forming standing waves 210 ( FIG. 2 B ).
- the standing waves intensify as newly arriving ultra-cold atoms enter oscillator 114 .
- Oscillator 114 acts as a Fabry-Perot atom interferometer and, so, outputs generated COMW 130 with an output intensity and wavelength corresponding to that of standing matterwaves 210 .
- Energy of interest correspond to free-space COMW wavelengths on the order of 1 ⁇ m and less. In this microwave regime, atomic oscillator systems are of interest for their practical potential in quantum signal processing, quantum sensing, and other information processing contexts.
- COMW 50% reflectivity splitter 122 splits generator COMW 130 into a generation system output COMW 132 and a regulator COMW 134 .
- a portion (e.g., 1%) of regulator COMW 134 enters resonator 124 via a 99% reflectivity and 1% transmissivity front mirror 136 ; thus, 99% of COMW 134 is reflected.
- the portion of COMW 134 that enters COMW resonator 124 reflects off a 100% reflectivity rear mirror 138 and oscillates between mirrors 136 and 138 , forming a standing wave with a wavelength dependent on the separation of mirrors 136 and 138 .
- the oscillations intensify as incoming COMW reinforces the oscillations.
- Feedback COMW 142 is evaluated by sensor 126 .
- Sensor 126 captures atoms in feedback COMW 142 for a known duration. Sensor 126 then excites the captured atoms so that they fluoresce. Sensor 126 then measures the fluorescence to evaluate the intensity of feedback COMW 142 .
- a low feedback intensity indicates that the wavelength output by resonator 124 does not closely match the wavelengths output by oscillator 114 . Assuming that the wavelength output by resonator 124 is a target wavelength selected for generation system 100 , a measurement result of low intensity can indicate oscillator 114 may need to be retuned.
- the spacing of mirrors 136 and 138 can be adjusted to control the output wavelength of feedback COMW 140 and, thus, the output of COMW generator 110 and system 100 .
- sensor 126 sends intensity sensor data 150 to EMR and magnetic field generator 116 .
- generator 116 adjusts the EMR and magnetic fields used for source 112 and oscillator 114 .
- generator 116 can adjust the separation of oscillator mirrors and thus the wavelengths of internal oscillations and generated COMW 130 , thus, closing the regulation loop for COMW generation system 100 .
- a closed-loop coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW) generation process 300 is flow-charted in FIG. 3 .
- EMR and/or magnetic fields are generated to define a COMW generator and a COMW resonator.
- atoms enter a BEC oscillator from an atom or other molecular-entity boson source. For example, atoms can tunnel through an entrance barrier/mirror to enter a BEC oscillator.
- atoms cool to form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
- BEC Bose-Einstein condensate
- the BEC oscillates between the entrance and exit barriers/mirrors to generate standing COMW.
- the COMWs are transmitted through the exit barrier.
- the transmitted COMW is split between an output COMW and a regulator COMW.
- a portion of the regulator COMW is input to a resonator.
- the COMW within the resonator oscillates and intensifies at frequencies determined by the resonator cavity length.
- the resonator outputs a feedback COMW.
- the feedback COMW is evaluated by a sensor. For example, a number of atoms captured for a given time interval can be counted to provide a measure of feedback COMW intensity.
- the COMW generator can be adjusted based on the evaluation, e.g., to maximize COMW intensity. Process 300 is continually repeated to narrow and lock the wavelength of the COMW exiting the oscillator and the COMW system output.
- the mirror separation L between the entrance mirror 212 and the exit mirror 214 constrains the wavelengths available for standing waves 210 ( FIG. 2 B ) and, thus, the wavelengths available for generated COMW 130 ( FIGS. 1 , 2 A and 2 B ).
- Other mirror-related parameters include peak potential
- the peak potential can affect the number N of energy levels in the oscillator, which can affect generated COMW 130 .
- the peak potential of the exit mirror is slightly greater than the peak potential of the entrance mirror and the difference in peak potential can have an effect on the strength and spectrum of generated COMW 130 .
- Atoms can be accelerated toward a red-tuned EMR field and/or away from a blue-detuned EMR field.
- detuned is meant differing from a resonance of a matterwave particle (e.g., atom) by a non-zero amount less than 1% of the EMR wavelength.
- a reflector can be defined by a relatively high intensity region of a blue-detuned EMR field or a relatively low intensity region or a dark region of a red-detuned EMR field. Atoms moving against or up the gradient can thus be reflected or split by the gradient.
- optical gradients are used to define the COMW mirrors and COMW splitters in embodiments of the invention.
- a COMW can be reflected or split as it transitions from a first region to a second region where the second region is “relatively blue-detuned” when compared to the first region.
- the most typical example of a transition to a relatively blue-detuned region is a transition from a dark (no light field) region to a region with a light field that is blue-detuned relative to a resonance transition of the constituent particles of a COMW.
- the first region can be resonant with or red-detuned with respect to the resonance transition.
- a dark or “in-tune” region can reflect COMW arriving from a red-detuned region, and a red-detuned region can reflect COMW from a more red-detuned region. All these are examples of a relatively blue-detuned region serving as a COMW reflector (or splitter).
- the light field can have a Gaussian distribution with a peak potential energy at a center position 512 and that tapers off to either side.
- system 100 uses intense laser generated light fields to form 100% reflectivity mirror 118 of resonator 106 . Lowering the light-field intensity can lower the reflectivity to yield a partially transmissive mirror.
- transmission increases with COMW energy, with about 50% transmission with energy at 30 kHz.
- Graph 510 of FIG. 5 A and graph 520 of FIG. SB indicate that transition width from 0 to 100% transmission is inversely proportional to Gaussian width.
- the Gaussian provides 50% transmission at peak potential. Transmissions of 50% and below occur as tunneling, as indicated by tunneling region 522 .
- System 100 uses lower intensity blue-detuned light fields to form 99% reflectivity mirror 116 of resonator 106 ( FIG. 1 ) so that 1% of the incident regulator COMW can transmit into resonator 106 .
- entrance mirror 202 and exit mirror 206 of oscillator 114 ( FIG. 2 ) are partially transmissive mirrors. Orienting a partially transmissive mirror at an angle relative to the direction of a COMW results in a matterwave splitter, such as splitter 104 ( FIG. 1 ).
- the potential energy level of oscillator 114 affects the number N of energy levels available in oscillator 114 , which can affect the modes available to standing matterwave 210 and generated COMW 130 .
- EMR and magnetic field generator 116 provides blue-detuned laser light fields to achieve the desired reflectivity and transmissivity for oscillator mirrors 212 and 214 , resonator mirrors 136 and 138 , and splitter 122 .
- light and magnetic field generator 116 can adjust intensity, shape (Gaussian, super-Gaussian, uniform, etc.), and separation of oscillator mirrors 212 and 214 to optimize generated COMW 130 .
- Parameters associated with atom source 112 can also be adjusted in response to feedback. These include an electrical potential floor V ss ( FIG. 4 ) for source atoms relative to the potential in oscillator 114 , the temperature T B and the chemical potential ⁇ B for the source atoms 202 .
- the electrical potential floor V ss affects the kinetic energy of atoms once they tunnel into oscillator 114 and can be adjusted by having light and magnetic field generator 116 adjust the intensity for magnetic fields at atom source 112 .
- Atom temperature T B can be adjusted to control the kinetic energy and variability of atoms in source 112 and thus the rate at which atoms transfer from source 112 to oscillator 114 .
- an accelerometer system 600 can include a pair of COMW systems 610 and 650 .
- COMW system 610 includes an oscillator 612 , a COMW splitter 614 , a resonator 616 with mirrors 620 and 622 , a detector 624 , and a light and magnetic-field generator 626 .
- COMW system 650 includes an oscillator 652 , a COMW splitter 654 , a resonator 656 with mirrors 660 and 662 , a detector 664 , and a light and magnetic-field generator 666 .
- the outputs of detectors 624 and 666 are input to comparator 680 to provide a comparison that correlates with acceleration.
- Systems 610 and 650 are nominally identical in the absence of acceleration to the extent that, in the absence of acceleration, the distance L 1 between mirrors in resonator 616 is equal to the distance L 2 between mirrors in resonator 656 , the frequency ⁇ 1 of the resonating matterwaves in resonator 616 deviates from the resonant frequency ⁇ 2 of resonator 656 .
- ⁇ ⁇ g 1 ⁇ a ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ v ⁇ 1 FL 2 ⁇ ⁇ g ⁇ ( 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d m ) 3 / 2 ⁇ 1 N
- a COMW accelerometer process 700 can be implemented in the COMW accelerator system 600 ( FIG. 6 ) and in other systems.
- COMW system 600 is oriented so that resonator mirrors 620 and 622 of resonator 616 are separated along the direction of acceleration; concomitantly, resonator 656 is oriented orthogonal to the direction of acceleration/gravity. This alignment, if needed, can be implemented mechanically with a suitable weight distribution for system 600 .
- intensity of feedback COMW is measured.
- intensities are compared to determine the magnitude gof gravity/acceleration, e.g., according to the following formula:
- ⁇ g is the frequency aligned with gravity
- ⁇ d is the frequency orthogonal to gravity (e.g., without acceleration or gravity)
- m is the mass (e.g., of 87 Ru).
- ⁇ ⁇ g 1 FL 2 ⁇ ⁇ g ⁇ ( 2 ⁇ ⁇ d m ) 3 / 2 ⁇ 1 N ,
- gravity/acceleration can be measured even though none of the resonators is aligned with gravity/acceleration.
- gravity measurements are made by mixing the outputs of the two COMW generator outputs and measuring the beat frequency.
- gravity is measured by retuning the gravity aligned mirrors (by adjusting mirror separation) and determining the change in frequency as a function of the change in separation required to equalize the frequency or detector outputs.
- the coherent oscillatory matterwave interferometry (COMWI) provided for by the present invention is based on matterwaves associated with a harmonic oscillator, whereas light-pulse atom interferometry (LPAI) is based on de Broglie matterwaves associated with individual particles.
- LPAI measurements provide pulsed measurements
- COMWI provides for continuous wave measurements.
- atoms are accelerated with multiple Raman or Bragg pulses
- COMWI atoms are accelerated by optical intensity gradients.
- splitting and reflection are carried out by Raman or Bragg pulses
- COMWI splitting and reflecting are achieved with stationary gaussian light beams.
- acceleration introduces a phase difference
- COMWI acceleration introduces a frequency difference.
- COMWI uses resonant interferometry which involves multiple passes. Accordingly, COMWI achieves superior shot-noise limited signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) due to the narrower line width achievable using a combination of oscillator and resonator. S/N ratio can be traded for size. For example, COMWI provides for a smaller structure for similar S/N performance. Thus, smaller gravitometers, accelerometers, and gyros can be achieved using COMWI.
- the BEC oscillator emits an atom flux having potential and kinetic energy that varies sinusoidally in time with the oscillator's frequency co in such a way that the individual particle's total energy, E a ⁇ ⁇ a , remains constant. Given a sufficiently large flux from the oscillator that it can be treated classically, the emission can be described by a pair of scalar wavefields:
- the oscillator emission admits coupling to resonant structures.
- the focus is on the effect of inertial forces, but the framework is extendable to the sensing of other fields with which the atom interacts.
- the wave amplitudes have dimensions of acceleration for and momentum for .
- the two wave amplitudes are related through a real-valued impedance Z:
- n is the atomic mass
- n plays the role of a refractive index
- the waves propagate at the group velocity of a de Broglie wave:
- the wave number decreases with an increase of the particle energy (i.e., with a decrease in the refractive index), while that of a de Broglie waves increases.
- the former can be referred to as “de Broglie matterwaves” or “classically coherent matterwaves”.
- the COMW amplitudes are given by the (experimentally measurable) atom flux I a given in units of particles/s:
- the oscillator is thus fully specified by its oscillation frequency ⁇ its atom flux I a , and the energy E a of the emitted atoms, which can be alternatively expressed in terms of their velocity v, or the index of refraction n.
- the oscillator output can propagate in a matterwave wave guide or coupled to the vacuum.
- a COMW, illustrated in FIG. 1 is incident on a matterwave resonator, as, having a pair of mirrors separated by a distance L.
- Matterwave elements such as mirrors and beamsplitters are straightforward to implement with Gaussian-shaped laser beams tuned to the blue side of atomic resonance. Such elements can be modeled with delta-function potential barriers:
- a j tan - 1 ( ⁇ 2 ⁇ k m ⁇ U j ⁇ a )
- the field amplitude is much larger than the incident amplitude when the mirror transmissions are small, and consequently so is the atom flux associated with the resonator:
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ a ⁇ a ( 1 + m ⁇ a ⁇ L 2 ⁇ ⁇ a ) ,
- the particle energy variation will cause a shift in the resonant frequencies:
- v q ′ q ⁇ 1 2 ⁇ L ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ a m ⁇ v q ( 1 + m ⁇ a ⁇ L 2 ⁇ ⁇ a ) ,
- a res 2 ⁇ ⁇ F ⁇ v 3 ⁇ ⁇ L 2 .
- acceleration introduces a phase rather than a frequency shift:
- k eff is an effective wavenumber and T is the propagation time of the atoms in the interferometer.
- a res ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ m ⁇ v 3 2 ⁇ ⁇ a ⁇ L 2
- acceleration induces a frequency shift rather than a phase shift
- the role of the finesse is enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio
- the Bose-condensed reservoir of atoms in the large source well provides a chemical potential that drives oscillator dynamics.
- the oscillator can be taken to be harmonic, and it can be treated using a many-body physics approach, beginning with the ansatz that the oscillator particles Bose condense in a displaced ground state rather than in the minimum energy state.
- a pair of high-lying oscillator-well states couple the source and vacuum to the oscillator well.
- the coherently oscillating atoms of the oscillator cause coupling between the oscillator-well states, which induces a particle flux from source to vacuum—a current that self-consistently maintains the oscillation of the oscillator and carries away heat, allowing the oscillator atoms to remained condensed.
- the output flux is carried by a COMW as the classical limit of a many-body coherent state.
- Energy of interest correspond to free space matterwave wavelengths on the order of 1 ⁇ m and less.
- the oscillator well can be treated as a closed system having a harmonic particle potential.
- Such a closed system in thermal equilibrium at sufficiently low temperature consists of a Bose-condensed gas in a ground state.
- the condensate forms not in the ground state, but in a displaced ground state, i.e., a coherent state of the harmonic oscillator.
- the oscillator is coupled via tunneling to a reservoir of particles at fixed temperature and chemical potential functioning as a “battery” coupled to the source well on the one side, and to the vacuum on the other side.
- the battery drives the oscillator dynamics.
- a many-body approach is used to analyze the interaction energy between the harmonic oscillator modes that couple the oscillator to the source and vacuum.
- An unintuitive result from the kinetic treatment is that atoms in the oscillator are colder, T OSC ⁇ T B , and acquire a higher chemical potential, ⁇ osc > ⁇ s , than those in the source given feedback above a particular threshold value.
- a large bias V SS is added to the source well and the source atoms are made to be very cold.
- the other energy scale is the characteristic energy level spacing ⁇ E OSC of the oscillator. When powered by atoms having very low temperature, i.e., such that ⁇ E osc >k BT , we can expect the behavior of the oscillator to be dominated by quantum effects.
- the oscillator is powered by a “battery” consisting of an ensemble of particles residing in the source well at a chemical potential ⁇ B and temperature T B .
- the oscillation frequency is determined by the harmonic oscillation frequency; in addition to this frequency, the oscillator is characterized by the number N of fully trapped levels.
- Oscillator feedback is set by the barrier height difference.
- the vertical direction depicts potential energy
- the horizontal direction is a spatial coordinate.
- Atoms enter oscillator 114 ( FIGS. 2 A and 2 b ) with an average potential energy of Vss.
- Oscillator 114 is a potential well defined in part by magnetic fields and in part of light-field mirror-barriers 206 and 208 . Atoms that enter bounce back and forth between barriers 206 and 208 in various harmonic modes (N, N-1, N-2, etc.). The kinetic energy and the potential energy of the atoms vary sinusoidally so that their total energy remains constant.
- the oscillating atoms constitute an COMW that intensifies to the extent that a “transmitted” portion exits oscillator 114 through exit barrier 208 . As indicated in FIG. 2 B , the transmitted COMW retains the sinusoidal characteristics of the matterwaves within oscillator 114 .
- the output spectrum for oscillator 114 can vary according to a number of parameters, including the separation and relative heights of the entrance and exit barriers, and the characteristics of the incoming atoms that can vary according to V SS , T B and ⁇ B . Accordingly, resonator 124 ( FIG. 1 ) is used to stabilize the output of oscillator 114 .
- the resonant modes supported by resonator 124 are mostly determined by the readily controlled separation of mirrors 136 and 138 . Resonant modes are reinforced while non-resonant modes of the incoming COMW are cancelled.
- the resonator output can have a narrower bandwidth output than the oscillator, and the intensity of the resonator output is a measure of the spectral match between the oscillator and the resonator.
- the output of resonator 124 after being split by matterwave splitter 122 , is input to sensor 126 .
- Sensor 126 measures the intensity of the feedback COMW from resonator 124 .
- magnetic and light field generator 116 can illuminate atoms for a set time interval and then count the number of fluorescing atoms. The fluorescence count corresponds to the intensity of the feedback COMW.
- the count is provided to magnetic and light field generator 116 which can dither and otherwise adjust parameters of COMW generator 110 to maximize or otherwise optimize the resulting feedback COMW intensity and/or spectrum. This optimization of the feedback COMW then corresponds to an optimal system output COMW 132 .
- resonators can be relatively stable, the frequency of a resonant mode can increase with increasing g-forces (forces due to gravity or acceleration) in the direction of mirror separation. Such frequency variations can be avoided by avoiding changing g-forces. Alternatively, such frequency variations can be compensated by changing mirror separation as a function of g-force strength along the direction of mirror separation. On the other hand, g-forces can be detected and measured as a function of resonator frequency changes, e.g., by obtaining a spectrum of the feedback COMW.
- g-forces force due to gravity or acceleration
- the transmitted output COMW 134 serves as the system output, while the reflected COMW 134 is directed to resonator 124 .
- the portion of the matterwaves that enters resonator 124 bounces back and forth between front mirror 136 and rear mirror 138 , which are spaced a distance L apart.
- the reflectivity R 0.99, so the finesse F ⁇ 312 and the effective number of bounces b ⁇ 50.
- finesse can range from 100 to 1,000,000. The matterwave intensity is much higher within the resonator than outside:
- This feedback COMW 140 is split by beam splitter 122 so that half returns to the oscillator 114 and half is diverted to sensor 126 .
- Sensor 126 forwards the frequency detection to light and magnetic field generator 116 , which uses it to control COMW generator 110 to stabilize the resonant matterwave frequency output of matterwave oscillator 114 and thus of system 100 .
- system 100 implements a matterwave analog of a Pound-Drever-Hall frequency locking scheme. It is straight forward to adjust reflectivity and transmission characteristics of mirrors and to control cavity finesse.
- Coherent oscillatory matterwaves differ from de Broglie matterwaves.
- De Broglie matterwaves are solutions to the Schrödinger equation:
- Coherent oscillatory matterwaves are associated with a flux of particles (e.g., atoms) whose potential and kinetic energy oscillate in time such that their total energy remains constant. Matterwaves are characterized in terms of a pair of fields in analogy with the potential F(z, t) and current I(z, t) of an electrical circuit, or Eand B fields of an electromagnetic wave, having frequency co.
- particles e.g., atoms
- I ( z,t ) I 0 cos ( k m z ⁇ 0 t )
- FIG. 8 is a graph of potential energy V versus position zfor an atomtronic transistor oscillator.
- the source 802 , gate 804 and drain 806 of the atomtronic oscillator correspond to the atom source, the oscillator, and free space of COMW generator of FIG. 2 .
- V ss , ⁇ s , and T s have the meanings given to them FIG. 2
- the source-gate potential V SG and the gate-drain potential V GD correspond to V in and V out in FIG. 2 .
- Source 802 is populated by BEC atoms 808
- COMW 810 are emitted by gate 804 .
- the frequency of a COMW is the oscillator frequency ⁇ ⁇ dot over (0) ⁇ . Define the frequency
- E d is the total particle energy.
- the field amplitudes are related through an impedance.
- the velocity is:
- the wavenumber is:
- the wave amplitudes are determined from the particle flux:
- I 0 2 n ⁇ m ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ I d .
- FIG. 9 B is a graph of energy/amplitude E d over position z.
- the amplitude and frequency of the COMW 916 increase (and wavelength decreases) when transitioning to a higher index of refraction. This phenomenon is opposite that of de Broglie waves 918 which decrease in frequency and amplitude and increase in wavelength when transitioning to a higher index of refraction.
- Lenses for COMWs can be formed of fields of light detuned with respect to a resonance transition of the COMW particles, e.g., atoms.
- a light field A 12 with a blue-detuned (slightly higher frequency and slightly shorter wavelength than that associated with the resonance transition) maximum intensity center can define a “positive” lens for focusing a COMW A 14 .
- a light field A 22 with a red-detuned (slightly lower frequency and slightly longer wavelength than that associated with the resonance transition) minimum intensity center can define a “positive” lens for focusing a COMW A 24 .
- the center of the lens is blue-detuned relative to the periphery of the lens.
- Negative lenses can also be formed to cause a COMW to diverge as shown in FIG. 10 B .
- a light field A 32 with a blue-detuned minimum intensity center can define a “negative” lens for COMW A 34 .
- a light field A 42 with a red-detuned maximum intensity center can define a “negative” lens for COMW A 44 .
- the center of the lens is red-detuned relative to the periphery of the lens.
- the oscillator circuit of FIG. 11 can be produced by a “painted optical potential” using a scanned, blue-detuned laser beam in conjunction with a magnetic trap.
- the atomic potential consists of three regions: source B 02 , gate B 04 and drain B 06 , analogous to components of a field-effect transistor (FET).
- the “drain” B 06 is connected to a (free space) vacuum.
- the source well is biased with a large potential V.
- Entrance and exit barriers/mirrors B 12 and B 14 border the gate region, which is shaped to be a harmonic potential with equal energy level spacings P, P- 1 , P- 2 , P- 3 , and so on and different barrier heights V SG . and V SD .
- the “transistor modes” are the upper most two levels: source-gate tunneling and source-gate-drain tunneling.
- a Bose condensate residing in the source well serves as a battery to power the circuit.
- a driven oscillation process C 00 explains how an atomtronic transistor generates COMWs.
- a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) forms as a coherent state in the gate.
- the oscillating BEC gives rise to a phase-dependent potential energy seen by transistor modes.
- the oscillating BEC gives rise to a phase-dependent potential energy seen by transistor modes.
- the oscillating BEC gives rise to a phase-dependent potential energy seen by transistor modes.
- C 03 exactly one normal mode is excited in transistor states.
- a substantial drain current arises due to interaction energy.
- drain current gives rise to cooling of the gate atoms, which leads to the BEC formation of C 01 .
- This atomtronic transistor cycle gives rise to maximum power dissipation and an approach to thermal equilibrium.
- the drain output current is manifest as a coherent matterwave.
- the wave's potential and kinetic energy oscillate with the frequency of the condensate in such a way that the total energy of the underlying atom
- the atomtronic transistor exhibits current gain, analogous to an inverted oscillator described by Roy J. Glauber in “Amplifiers, Attenuators, and Schrödinger's Cat”, Volume 480, Issue 1 “New Techniques and Ideas in Quantum Measurement Theory” December 1986, Pages 336-372.
- An oscillator coupled to a reservoir experiences negative damping, i.e., gain.
- the oscillator levels lie below the levels of the reservoir, as in the case of the atomtronic transistor.
- the atomtronic transistor gate is the harmonic oscillator and the source+BEC serves as the reservoir. Compare gate D 10 of FIG. 13 A with the inverted oscillator D 20 of FIG. 13 B and contrast with regular oscillator D 30 of FIG. 13 C.
- a classical equivalent circuit E 00 for the atomtronic transistor is shown in FIG. 14 .
- the gain of the transistor is reflected by a negative resistance r gs .
- the negative resistance r gs dissipates negative power; in other words, the native resistance causes cooling.
- the atomtronic circuit is powered by the chemical potential ⁇ B of the battery.
- the battery has internal resistance R I .
- Bias is supplied by an external atomic potential V ss .
- the gate-source resistance r gs determines the “drop” between the source and gate due to a drain current I D . Drain resistance R D accounts for power lost to the vacuum.
- I 0 M S ⁇ G ⁇ ⁇ T ⁇ Exp ⁇ ( - ⁇ 0 k B ⁇ T S ) .
- Coupling to the BEC has the effect indicated in FIG. 15 B .
- Every incoming particle F 22 is a 50-50 superposition of the two normal modes F 12 and F 14 , separated by an energy ⁇ 0 .
- Most particles F 20 enter the lower state F 12 .
- the probability that a particle enters through the lower state F 12 is
- the particles F 22 can only leave from the upper state F 14 .
- the gate interaction (BEC coupling) helps ensure atoms transition from the lower to the upper state. This removes energy from the system to the tune of ⁇ 0 per particle. The heat removed from the system is
- I d is the particle flux
- I ( z,t ) I 0 cos ( k m z ⁇ 0 t )
- An electronic oscillator or laser emits an E-M wave.
- the E-M wave is associated with the minimum energy packet called “the photon”.
- the dual of the photon in the context of a coherent oscillatory matterwave is not an atom but something else: a “matteron”.
- a matteron detector G 50 can be made with a mass-spring system:
- ⁇ S ⁇ square root over ( k S /m S ) ⁇
- ⁇ S is a COMW frequency
- k S is a spring constant
- m S is a mass.
- Atom number is conserved but matteron number is not conserved. Matterons exhibit Poisson statistics and reflect underlying spontaneous emission of the oscillator. Matterons carry momentum
- coherent oscillatory matterwaves are matterwave analogs to electromagnetic waves (voltage and current); are different in character and behavior from de Broglie matterwaves; can be manipulated with “optical” elements formed of light; enable resonant matterwave interferometers for precision measurements; and can be emitted by an atomtronic transistor oscillator.
- the matterwave analog of the photon is not an atom, but rather a “matteron”.
- COMW travel back and forth between a pair of mirrors in a resonator
- other closed-loop path types can be implemented.
- the COMW can travel about a ring with three or more reflections or travel around more complex paths.
- paths with four or more segments can be planar or extend into a third dimension.
- the COMW travels about a closed loop of two or more path segments.
- a “molecular entity” is “any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity”.
- a “boson” is any particle that has integer spin and thus follows Bose-Einstein statistics.
- a “molecular-entity boson” is any particle that is both a molecular entity and a boson. Of particular interest herein, neutral atoms with an even number of neutrons are molecular-entity bosons.
- a “coherent oscillatory matterwave” is a matterwave with a wavelength corresponding to that of a standing wave in a harmonic oscillator from which the matterwave was transmitted.
- “detuned” refers to electro-magnetic radiation that has a wavelength within 1% of a resonance wavelength but is not equal to the resonance wavelength.
- “closed loop” characterizes a control system in which the controlling action is depending on the generated output of the system.
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Abstract
A resonator for coherent oscillator matterwaves (COMW) includes a cavity bound by reflectors. The reflectors are fields of light blue-detuned with respect to an energy-level transition of the rubidium 87 (87Rb) atoms that constitute the COMW. One of the reflectors is partially transmissive to that COMW can enter and exit the resonator. The COMW resonator can be used to stabilize a COMW oscillator much as an optical resonator can stabilize a laser.
Description
- Optical sensors are limited in precision by the wavelengths of light employed. The de Broglie wavelengths associated with atoms can be several orders of magnitude shorter than optical wavelengths. Accordingly, extremely high precision sensors and instruments, e.g., interferometers and ring gyros, have been developed based on the de Broglie matterwaves of atoms. These accomplishments are due in part to the development of functional equivalents of optical elements such as mirrors, splitters, and lenses. However, a functional equivalent of a resonator, such as those used to stabilize lasers, is still needed
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW) generator system. -
FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams of a COMW generator of the system ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a COMW generation process implementable in the system ofFIG. 1 and in other systems. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the COMW generator ofFIG. 2 showing adjustable source and oscillator parameters. -
FIG. 5A is a graph of a spatial distribution of potential energy for detuned gaussian laser beam “knives” used to form barriers, mirrors, and splitters in the system ofFIG. 1 .FIG. 5B is a graph of transmission versus energy for the “knives” ofFIG. 5A . -
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an accelerometer including two of the COMW resonator systems ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 7 is a flow chart of an accelerometer process implementable in the accelerometer ofFIG. 6 and in other systems. -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an atomtronic transistor. -
FIG. 9A is a graph of energy/amplitude Ed as a function of time t for a COMW.FIG. 9B is an energy/amplitude Ed as a function of time t as it transitions from a range with a relatively low index of refraction to a range with a relatively high index of refraction. -
FIG. 10A is a screen shot for positive (focusing) lenses formed with a blue light field and a red light field respectively.FIG. 10B is a screen shot for negative (diverging) lenses formed with a blue light field and a red light field respectively. -
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the atomtronic transistor ofFIG. 8 including a detail of the gate. -
FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of a driven oscillator process for the atomtronic transistor process ofFIG. 8 . -
FIG. 13A is a representation of a gate corresponding to a harmonic oscillator.FIG. 13B is a representation of an inverted classical oscillator.FIG. 13C is a representation of a regular classical oscillator. -
FIG. 14 is a classical equivalent circuit for an atomtronic transistor. -
FIGS. 15A and 15B are representations of gate barriers of the gate of the atomtronic transistor ofFIG. 8 . -
FIG. 16A is a representation of a COMW reflecting off a tall potential barrier.FIG. 16B shows a matteron detector with a conceptual spring between a mass and a tall potential barrier. - The present invention provides for a resonator for coherent oscillatory matterwaves (COMW). A COMW resonator can have two or more “mirrors” formed by light fields. Such light fields can be characterized, for example, by wavelengths that are blue-detuned with respect to a resonance transition for constituent atoms of a COMW. Such a resonator can be used, for example, to stabilize a COMW oscillator just as an optical resonator can stabilize a laser.
- The COMW can be generated using a COMW generator system and a feedback system to regulate the COMW output. The COMW generator system includes a continuous source of condensed matter, e.g., a condensed population of rubidium 87 (87Ru) atoms, that feeds a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) oscillator. Within the oscillator, a standing COMW intensifies as incoming condensed matter reinforces reflected matterwaves. The oscillator functions as a Fabry-Perot interferometer such that the intensified oscillations result in comparably intense transmission of COMW out of the oscillator.
- The feedback system can include a COMW resonator and a detector to measure the intensity of COMW transmitted by the resonator. The feedback system serves to regulate the frequency and to narrow the linewidth (frequency spread) of the COMW. Instruments (accelerometers, gyros) based on these COMW can achieve improved shot-noise-limited signal-to-noise ratios (S/N) for a given instrument size when compared to counterpart instruments based on de Broglie wavelengths.
- Coherent oscillatory matterwaves (COMW) are distinct from de Broglie matterwaves. COMW wavelengths λ are associated with the separation L of mirrors between which oscillations occur so that λ=2L/N where N is a positive integer; de Broglie wavelengths λdb are associated with the momentum p such that λdb=h/p where h is Plank's (unreduced) constant. COMWs can be accelerated (e.g., reflected or split) using constant optical gradients; de Broglie matterwaves can be accelerated using Bragg or Raman scattering induced by pulsed light. Accordingly, COMW provide for continuous wave measurements, whereas measurements based on de Broglie matterwaves are pulsed. COMW measurements are multi-cycle, whereas de Broglie matterwave measurements tend to be single-shot; as a result, the latter must be made larger to equal the noise performance of the former. For instruments of similar size, COMW instruments provide greater shot-noise-limited S/N ratios than do de Broglie matterwave instruments.
- As shown in
FIG. 1 , a closed loop coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW)generation system 100 includes anCOMW generator 110 and afeedback system 120.COMW generator 110 includes anatom source 112, a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)oscillator 114, and an EMR andmagnetic field controller 116.COMW feedback system 120 includes aCOMW splitter 122, aCOMW resonator 124, and aCOMW sensor 126. Alternative embodiments substitute other molecular-entity (e.g., including ions and polyatomic molecules) bosons for atoms and some embodiments omit a COMW sensor. - As illustrated in
FIGS. 2A and 2B ,source 112 maintains a reservoir ofultra-cold atoms 202.Atoms 202 can tunnel fromsource 112 toBEC oscillator 114; as they do so, they cool to form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) 204. The dipole-oscillatingBEC 204 oscillates back and forth between anentrance mirror 206 and anexit mirror 208 ofoscillator 114 forming standing waves 210 (FIG. 2B ). The standing waves intensify as newly arriving ultra-cold atoms enteroscillator 114.Oscillator 114 acts as a Fabry-Perot atom interferometer and, so, outputs generatedCOMW 130 with an output intensity and wavelength corresponding to that of standingmatterwaves 210. Energies of interest correspond to free-space COMW wavelengths on the order of 1 μm and less. In this microwave regime, atomic oscillator systems are of interest for their practical potential in quantum signal processing, quantum sensing, and other information processing contexts. -
COMW 50% reflectivity splitter 122 (FIG. 1 ) splitsgenerator COMW 130 into a generationsystem output COMW 132 and aregulator COMW 134. A portion (e.g., 1%) ofregulator COMW 134 entersresonator 124 via a 99% reflectivity and 1%transmissivity front mirror 136; thus, 99% ofCOMW 134 is reflected. The portion ofCOMW 134 that entersCOMW resonator 124 reflects off a 100% reflectivityrear mirror 138 and oscillates betweenmirrors mirrors intense feedback COMW 140 with the wavelength imposed byresonator 124exits resonator 124.Feedback COMW 140 is split byCOMW splitter 122, with a portion, labeled “feedback COMW 142”, reachingCOMW sensor 126. The other portion reflected bysplitter 122 is dumped. -
Feedback COMW 142 is evaluated bysensor 126.Sensor 126 captures atoms infeedback COMW 142 for a known duration.Sensor 126 then excites the captured atoms so that they fluoresce.Sensor 126 then measures the fluorescence to evaluate the intensity offeedback COMW 142. A low feedback intensity indicates that the wavelength output byresonator 124 does not closely match the wavelengths output byoscillator 114. Assuming that the wavelength output byresonator 124 is a target wavelength selected forgeneration system 100, a measurement result of low intensity can indicateoscillator 114 may need to be retuned. On the other hand, the spacing ofmirrors feedback COMW 140 and, thus, the output ofCOMW generator 110 andsystem 100. - To this end,
sensor 126 sendsintensity sensor data 150 to EMR andmagnetic field generator 116. In response,generator 116 adjusts the EMR and magnetic fields used forsource 112 andoscillator 114. For example,generator 116 can adjust the separation of oscillator mirrors and thus the wavelengths of internal oscillations and generatedCOMW 130, thus, closing the regulation loop forCOMW generation system 100. - A closed-loop coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW)
generation process 300 is flow-charted inFIG. 3 . At 301, EMR and/or magnetic fields are generated to define a COMW generator and a COMW resonator. At 302, atoms enter a BEC oscillator from an atom or other molecular-entity boson source. For example, atoms can tunnel through an entrance barrier/mirror to enter a BEC oscillator. At 303, atoms cool to form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). The BEC oscillates between the entrance and exit barriers/mirrors to generate standing COMW. At 304, the COMWs are transmitted through the exit barrier. At 305, the transmitted COMW is split between an output COMW and a regulator COMW. - At 306, a portion of the regulator COMW is input to a resonator. At 307, the COMW within the resonator oscillates and intensifies at frequencies determined by the resonator cavity length. At 308, the resonator outputs a feedback COMW. At 309, the feedback COMW is evaluated by a sensor. For example, a number of atoms captured for a given time interval can be counted to provide a measure of feedback COMW intensity. At 310, the COMW generator can be adjusted based on the evaluation, e.g., to maximize COMW intensity.
Process 300 is continually repeated to narrow and lock the wavelength of the COMW exiting the oscillator and the COMW system output. - Some of the parameters that can be adjusted in response to feedback are indicated in
FIG. 4 . The mirror separation L between the entrance mirror 212 and the exit mirror 214 constrains the wavelengths available for standing waves 210 (FIG. 2B ) and, thus, the wavelengths available for generated COMW 130 (FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B ). Other mirror-related parameters include peak potential |IN> for theentrance mirror 206, peak potential |OUT> for theexit mirror 208, and the difference between those peak potentials. The peak potential can affect the number N of energy levels in the oscillator, which can affect generatedCOMW 130. In the illustrated embodiment, the peak potential of the exit mirror is slightly greater than the peak potential of the entrance mirror and the difference in peak potential can have an effect on the strength and spectrum of generatedCOMW 130. - Atoms can be accelerated toward a red-tuned EMR field and/or away from a blue-detuned EMR field. By “detuned” is meant differing from a resonance of a matterwave particle (e.g., atom) by a non-zero amount less than 1% of the EMR wavelength. Thus, a reflector can be defined by a relatively high intensity region of a blue-detuned EMR field or a relatively low intensity region or a dark region of a red-detuned EMR field. Atoms moving against or up the gradient can thus be reflected or split by the gradient. Thus, such optical gradients are used to define the COMW mirrors and COMW splitters in embodiments of the invention.
- In other words, a COMW can be reflected or split as it transitions from a first region to a second region where the second region is “relatively blue-detuned” when compared to the first region. The most typical example of a transition to a relatively blue-detuned region is a transition from a dark (no light field) region to a region with a light field that is blue-detuned relative to a resonance transition of the constituent particles of a COMW. Alternatively: 1) the first region can be resonant with or red-detuned with respect to the resonance transition. A dark or “in-tune” region can reflect COMW arriving from a red-detuned region, and a red-detuned region can reflect COMW from a more red-detuned region. All these are examples of a relatively blue-detuned region serving as a COMW reflector (or splitter).
- As shown in
graph 510 ofFIG. 5A , the light field can have a Gaussian distribution with a peak potential energy at acenter position 512 and that tapers off to either side. Accordingly, system 100 (FIG. 1 ) uses intense laser generated light fields to form 100% reflectivity mirror 118 of resonator 106. Lowering the light-field intensity can lower the reflectivity to yield a partially transmissive mirror. As shown inFIG. 5B , transmission increases with COMW energy, with about 50% transmission with energy at 30 kHz.Graph 510 ofFIG. 5A andgraph 520 of FIG. SB indicate that transition width from 0 to 100% transmission is inversely proportional to Gaussian width. The Gaussian provides 50% transmission at peak potential. Transmissions of 50% and below occur as tunneling, as indicated by tunnelingregion 522. -
System 100 uses lower intensity blue-detuned light fields to form 99% reflectivity mirror 116 of resonator 106 (FIG. 1 ) so that 1% of the incident regulator COMW can transmit into resonator 106. In addition,entrance mirror 202 andexit mirror 206 of oscillator 114 (FIG. 2 ) are partially transmissive mirrors. Orienting a partially transmissive mirror at an angle relative to the direction of a COMW results in a matterwave splitter, such as splitter 104 (FIG. 1 ). Also, the potential energy level ofoscillator 114 affects the number N of energy levels available inoscillator 114, which can affect the modes available to standingmatterwave 210 and generatedCOMW 130. - Accordingly, EMR and
magnetic field generator 116 provides blue-detuned laser light fields to achieve the desired reflectivity and transmissivity for oscillator mirrors 212 and 214, resonator mirrors 136 and 138, andsplitter 122. In response to feedback or operator instructions, light andmagnetic field generator 116 can adjust intensity, shape (Gaussian, super-Gaussian, uniform, etc.), and separation of oscillator mirrors 212 and 214 to optimize generatedCOMW 130. - Parameters associated with
atom source 112 can also be adjusted in response to feedback. These include an electrical potential floor Vss (FIG. 4 ) for source atoms relative to the potential inoscillator 114, the temperature TB and the chemical potential μB for thesource atoms 202. The electrical potential floor Vss affects the kinetic energy of atoms once they tunnel intooscillator 114 and can be adjusted by having light andmagnetic field generator 116 adjust the intensity for magnetic fields atatom source 112. Atom temperature TB can be adjusted to control the kinetic energy and variability of atoms insource 112 and thus the rate at which atoms transfer fromsource 112 tooscillator 114. - As shown in
FIG. 6 , anaccelerometer system 600 can include a pair ofCOMW systems 610 and 650. COMW system 610 includes anoscillator 612, aCOMW splitter 614, aresonator 616 withmirrors detector 624, and a light and magnetic-field generator 626.COMW system 650 includes anoscillator 652, a COMW splitter 654, aresonator 656 withmirrors detector 664, and a light and magnetic-field generator 666. The outputs ofdetectors 624 and 666 are input tocomparator 680 to provide a comparison that correlates with acceleration. -
Systems 610 and 650 are nominally identical in the absence of acceleration to the extent that, in the absence of acceleration, the distance L1 between mirrors inresonator 616 is equal to the distance L2 between mirrors inresonator 656, the frequency ω1 of the resonating matterwaves inresonator 616 deviates from the resonant frequency ω2 ofresonator 656. Gravity/acceleration gis then proportional to the resonant frequency difference Δω=ω1−ω2: -
- The uncertainty of the gravity/acceleration measurement is proportional to the linewidth δv of the resonator,
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COMW accelerometer process 700, flow charted inFIG. 7 , can be implemented in the COMW accelerator system 600 (FIG. 6 ) and in other systems. At 701,COMW system 600 is oriented so that resonator mirrors 620 and 622 ofresonator 616 are separated along the direction of acceleration; concomitantly,resonator 656 is oriented orthogonal to the direction of acceleration/gravity. This alignment, if needed, can be implemented mechanically with a suitable weight distribution forsystem 600. At 702, intensity of feedback COMW is measured. At 703, intensities are compared to determine the magnitude gof gravity/acceleration, e.g., according to the following formula: -
- where ωg is the frequency aligned with gravity, ωd is the frequency orthogonal to gravity (e.g., without acceleration or gravity), L=L1=L2, and m is the mass (e.g., of 87Ru). Thus,
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- The uncertainty of a measurement of g is given by the linewidth δv of the resonator:
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- In an alternative embodiment, gravity/acceleration can be measured even though none of the resonators is aligned with gravity/acceleration. In another embodiment, gravity measurements are made by mixing the outputs of the two COMW generator outputs and measuring the beat frequency. In a further embodiment, gravity is measured by retuning the gravity aligned mirrors (by adjusting mirror separation) and determining the change in frequency as a function of the change in separation required to equalize the frequency or detector outputs.
- The coherent oscillatory matterwave interferometry (COMWI) provided for by the present invention is based on matterwaves associated with a harmonic oscillator, whereas light-pulse atom interferometry (LPAI) is based on de Broglie matterwaves associated with individual particles. Several corollary differences follow. Whereas LPAI measurements provide pulsed measurements, COMWI provides for continuous wave measurements. Whereas, in LPAI, atoms are accelerated with multiple Raman or Bragg pulses, in COMWI, atoms are accelerated by optical intensity gradients. For example, in LPAI, splitting and reflection are carried out by Raman or Bragg pulses, while in COMWI, splitting and reflecting are achieved with stationary gaussian light beams. In LPAI, acceleration introduces a phase difference, in COMWI, acceleration introduces a frequency difference.
- Whereas, in LPAI, a single split/recombine sequence is used, COMWI uses resonant interferometry which involves multiple passes. Accordingly, COMWI achieves superior shot-noise limited signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) due to the narrower line width achievable using a combination of oscillator and resonator. S/N ratio can be traded for size. For example, COMWI provides for a smaller structure for similar S/N performance. Thus, smaller gravitometers, accelerometers, and gyros can be achieved using COMWI.
- The BEC oscillator emits an atom flux having potential and kinetic energy that varies sinusoidally in time with the oscillator's frequency co in such a way that the individual particle's total energy, Ea≡ωa, remains constant. Given a sufficiently large flux from the oscillator that it can be treated classically, the emission can be described by a pair of scalar wavefields:
- The oscillator emission admits coupling to resonant structures. Herein, the focus is on the effect of inertial forces, but the framework is extendable to the sensing of other fields with which the atom interacts.
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- Here m is the atomic mass, and n plays the role of a refractive index:
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- The waves propagate at the group velocity of a de Broglie wave:
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- and are thus associated with the wave number:
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- Note that the wave number decreases with an increase of the particle energy (i.e., with a decrease in the refractive index), while that of a de Broglie waves increases. When necessary to distinguish our coherent oscillatory matter waves (which exhibit Glauber coherence) from the more customary association of the term “matterwave” the former can be referred to as “de Broglie matterwaves” or “classically coherent matterwaves”.
- The COMW amplitudes are given by the (experimentally measurable) atom flux Ia given in units of particles/s:
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- The oscillator is thus fully specified by its oscillation frequency ω its atom flux Ia, and the energy Ea of the emitted atoms, which can be alternatively expressed in terms of their velocity v, or the index of refraction n. The oscillator output can propagate in a matterwave wave guide or coupled to the vacuum.
- A COMW, illustrated in
FIG. 1 , is incident on a matterwave resonator, as, having a pair of mirrors separated by a distance L. Matterwave elements such as mirrors and beamsplitters are straightforward to implement with Gaussian-shaped laser beams tuned to the blue side of atomic resonance. Such elements can be modeled with delta-function potential barriers: -
U j(z)=U jaδ(z−z j) - The matterwave amplitude reflection and transmission coefficients r and t associated with such an element are easily obtained from Schrödinger's equation:
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r=−e i(aj )cos(a j) -
t=e −i(aj )sin(a j), - for which
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- The corresponding reflection and transmission probabilities are simply:
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R j =┌r j┐2=cos2(a j), -
T j =┌t j┐2=sin2(a j), - It is straightforward to adjust an element's reflection and transmission coefficients by manipulating the height Uj0 of the barrier.
- A resonator can be formed from a pair of identical barriers having reflection probability R1=R2≡R with R close to unity, transmission probability T=1−R, and located at z=0 and z=L. Analysis of the system proceeds precisely as it does for the optical case. Such a system exhibits a spectrum of resonances such that there is an integral number q of half-wavelengths between the mirrors, or equivalently, by a set of resonant frequencies:
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- The small phase shifts evident in the above equation have been lumped into the cavity length L. A measure of the quality of a resonator in often given by the finesse:
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- from which one can determine a resonator linewidth:
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- As is also the optical case, the field amplitude is much larger than the incident amplitude when the mirror transmissions are small, and consequently so is the atom flux associated with the resonator:
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- Due to an acceleration a along the resonator axis, in the frame of the resonator, the particles' energy varies during propagation in the resonator. Given the direction of acceleration as shown in
FIG. 6 , the average particle energy in a round-trip between the mirrors is: -
- The particle energy variation will cause a shift in the resonant frequencies:
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- this latter assuming that the incident particle energy is much larger than the energy change due to acceleration. The acceleration a can be determined by locking the oscillator frequency to one particular resonant mode, ω=2πvq and measuring its frequency shift:
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Δv q ≡v′ q −v q =k aq a - for which the scale factor
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- is associated with the finite linewidth of the resonator, which can be a characteristic acceleration resolution of the interferometer:
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- (Note that with this configuration the dynamic range is determined by the requirement that atoms have sufficient energy to reach the far barrier when the acceleration is in the direction of atomic velocity, amax«v2/L.
- In traditional atom interferometry, acceleration introduces a phase rather than a frequency shift:
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ϕ=KLPa, - for which
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kLP=keffT2. - where keff is an effective wavenumber and T is the propagation time of the atoms in the interferometer.
- The benefits of a resonant approach are most apparent when the size of the interferometer is restricted. Thus, assuming an interferometer has length L and also assuming that the atomic velocity is the same in both systems and that the effective wavenumber is given directly by the atomic velocity. Then T=L/v and keff_=mv/. One can thus attribute an acceleration resolution for the non-resonant interferometer:
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- key differences are that acceleration induces a frequency shift rather than a phase shift, and the role of the finesse is enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio.
- The Bose-condensed reservoir of atoms in the large source well provides a chemical potential that drives oscillator dynamics. The oscillator can be taken to be harmonic, and it can be treated using a many-body physics approach, beginning with the ansatz that the oscillator particles Bose condense in a displaced ground state rather than in the minimum energy state. A pair of high-lying oscillator-well states couple the source and vacuum to the oscillator well. The coherently oscillating atoms of the oscillator cause coupling between the oscillator-well states, which induces a particle flux from source to vacuum—a current that self-consistently maintains the oscillation of the oscillator and carries away heat, allowing the oscillator atoms to remained condensed. The output flux is carried by a COMW as the classical limit of a many-body coherent state.
- Energies of interest correspond to free space matterwave wavelengths on the order of 1 μm and less. The oscillator well can be treated as a closed system having a harmonic particle potential. Such a closed system in thermal equilibrium at sufficiently low temperature consists of a Bose-condensed gas in a ground state. The condensate forms not in the ground state, but in a displaced ground state, i.e., a coherent state of the harmonic oscillator.
- The oscillator is coupled via tunneling to a reservoir of particles at fixed temperature and chemical potential functioning as a “battery” coupled to the source well on the one side, and to the vacuum on the other side. The battery drives the oscillator dynamics. A many-body approach is used to analyze the interaction energy between the harmonic oscillator modes that couple the oscillator to the source and vacuum.
- The behavior of the oscillator is critically governed by a feedback parameter υ=(VIN−VOUT)/(kB TB), where VIN, VOUT are the barrier heights, kB is Boltzmann's constant, and TB is the temperature of the particles in the source well. Atoms flow from the source to the vacuum provided that the barriers are sufficiently low and/or sufficiently narrow. An unintuitive result from the kinetic treatment is that atoms in the oscillator are colder, TOSC<TB, and acquire a higher chemical potential, μosc>μs, than those in the source given feedback above a particular threshold value.
- A large bias VSS is added to the source well and the source atoms are made to be very cold. There are two energy scales that define “very cold”: one is the range of energies δE over which atom transport across a single barrier is wave-like, that is, non-classical. Given an ensemble of atoms with thermal energy kBT, δE on one side of a barrier, the flux of atoms to the other side are dominated by the non-classical component. The other energy scale is the characteristic energy level spacing ΔEOSC of the oscillator. When powered by atoms having very low temperature, i.e., such that ΔEosc>kBT, we can expect the behavior of the oscillator to be dominated by quantum effects.
- The oscillator is powered by a “battery” consisting of an ensemble of particles residing in the source well at a chemical potential μB and temperature TB. The oscillation frequency is determined by the harmonic oscillation frequency; in addition to this frequency, the oscillator is characterized by the number N of fully trapped levels. Oscillator feedback is set by the barrier height difference. In
FIG. 5A , the vertical direction depicts potential energy, and the horizontal direction is a spatial coordinate. - Atoms enter oscillator 114 (
FIGS. 2A and 2 b) with an average potential energy of Vss.Oscillator 114 is a potential well defined in part by magnetic fields and in part of light-field mirror-barriers barriers oscillator 114 throughexit barrier 208. As indicated inFIG. 2B , the transmitted COMW retains the sinusoidal characteristics of the matterwaves withinoscillator 114. - The output spectrum for
oscillator 114 can vary according to a number of parameters, including the separation and relative heights of the entrance and exit barriers, and the characteristics of the incoming atoms that can vary according to VSS, TB and μB. Accordingly, resonator 124 (FIG. 1 ) is used to stabilize the output ofoscillator 114. The resonant modes supported byresonator 124 are mostly determined by the readily controlled separation ofmirrors - The output of
resonator 124, after being split bymatterwave splitter 122, is input tosensor 126.Sensor 126 measures the intensity of the feedback COMW fromresonator 124. For example, magnetic andlight field generator 116 can illuminate atoms for a set time interval and then count the number of fluorescing atoms. The fluorescence count corresponds to the intensity of the feedback COMW. The count is provided to magnetic andlight field generator 116 which can dither and otherwise adjust parameters ofCOMW generator 110 to maximize or otherwise optimize the resulting feedback COMW intensity and/or spectrum. This optimization of the feedback COMW then corresponds to an optimalsystem output COMW 132. - While resonators can be relatively stable, the frequency of a resonant mode can increase with increasing g-forces (forces due to gravity or acceleration) in the direction of mirror separation. Such frequency variations can be avoided by avoiding changing g-forces. Alternatively, such frequency variations can be compensated by changing mirror separation as a function of g-force strength along the direction of mirror separation. On the other hand, g-forces can be detected and measured as a function of resonator frequency changes, e.g., by obtaining a spectrum of the feedback COMW.
- The generated matterwaves 130 exiting
COMW generator 110 are split by beam-splitter 122 which, in the illustrated embodiment, has a reflectivity R=0.5 and a corresponding transmissivity of T=1−R=0.5. The transmittedoutput COMW 134 serves as the system output, while the reflectedCOMW 134 is directed toresonator 124.Front mirror 136 ofresonator 124 has a reflectivity of R=0.999 and a corresponding transmissivity of T=1−R=0.001. Thus, about 0.1% of thematterwaves 134 reachingresonator 124 are admitted toresonator 124. The rest of the matterwaves are reflected back towardbeam splitter 122. - The portion of the matterwaves that enters
resonator 124 bounces back and forth betweenfront mirror 136 andrear mirror 138, which are spaced a distance L apart. The effective number of bounces is b=F/2π, where -
F=π√{square root over (R/)}1−R - In the illustrated embodiment, the reflectivity R=0.99, so the finesse F≈312 and the effective number of bounces b≈50. In practice, finesse can range from 100 to 1,000,000. The matterwave intensity is much higher within the resonator than outside:
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- So, in the illustrated case in which T=0.01, Iinside=100×Iincident is resonating to narrow the matterwave spectral bandwidth about a frequency based on the distance L.
- A small portion of the narrow bandwidth matterwaves escapes
resonator 124 throughfront mirror 136 to formfeedback COMW 140. Thisfeedback COMW 140 is split bybeam splitter 122 so that half returns to theoscillator 114 and half is diverted tosensor 126.Sensor 126 forwards the frequency detection to light andmagnetic field generator 116, which uses it to controlCOMW generator 110 to stabilize the resonant matterwave frequency output ofmatterwave oscillator 114 and thus ofsystem 100. Those skilled in the art can recognize thatsystem 100 implements a matterwave analog of a Pound-Drever-Hall frequency locking scheme. It is straight forward to adjust reflectivity and transmission characteristics of mirrors and to control cavity finesse. - Coherent oscillatory matterwaves (COMW) differ from de Broglie matterwaves. De Broglie matterwaves are solutions to the Schrödinger equation:
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Hψ=Eψ - The solutions can be free-space plane waves ψ=N ei(kz−wt)
where -
- Coherent oscillatory matterwaves are associated with a flux of particles (e.g., atoms) whose potential and kinetic energy oscillate in time such that their total energy remains constant. Matterwaves are characterized in terms of a pair of fields in analogy with the potential F(z, t) and current I(z, t) of an electrical circuit, or Eand B fields of an electromagnetic wave, having frequency co.
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F(z,t)=F 0 cos (k m z−ω 0 t) -
I(z,t)=I 0 cos (k m z−ω 0 t) - COMWs can be generated and emitted by an atomtronic transistor oscillator as represented in
FIG. 8 .FIG. 8 is a graph of potential energy V versus position zfor an atomtronic transistor oscillator. Thesource 802,gate 804 and drain 806 of the atomtronic oscillator correspond to the atom source, the oscillator, and free space of COMW generator ofFIG. 2 . Vss, μs, and Ts have the meanings given to themFIG. 2 , while the source-gate potential VSG and the gate-drain potential VGD correspond to Vin and Vout inFIG. 2 .Source 802 is populated byBEC atoms 808, whileCOMW 810 are emitted bygate 804. - Note that the frequency of a COMW is the oscillator frequency ω{dot over (0)}. Define the frequency
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- where Ed is the total particle energy. The field amplitudes are related through an impedance.
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- where
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- serves as an index of refraction. The velocity is:
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- The wavenumber is:
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- The wave amplitudes are determined from the particle flux:
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FIG. 9B is a graph of energy/amplitude Ed over position z. The position dimension z includes arange 912 with a relatively low index of refraction n1 (with potential energy Vd=0 and arange 914 with a relatively high index of refraction n2 (with potential energy Vd>0). Note that the amplitude and frequency of theCOMW 916 increase (and wavelength decreases) when transitioning to a higher index of refraction. This phenomenon is opposite that of de Broglie waves 918 which decrease in frequency and amplitude and increase in wavelength when transitioning to a higher index of refraction. - Lenses for COMWs can be formed of fields of light detuned with respect to a resonance transition of the COMW particles, e.g., atoms. For example, as shown in
FIG. 10A a light field A12 with a blue-detuned (slightly higher frequency and slightly shorter wavelength than that associated with the resonance transition) maximum intensity center can define a “positive” lens for focusing a COMW A14. Alternatively, a light field A22 with a red-detuned (slightly lower frequency and slightly longer wavelength than that associated with the resonance transition) minimum intensity center can define a “positive” lens for focusing a COMW A24. In both positive-lens cases, one can say that the center of the lens is blue-detuned relative to the periphery of the lens. - Negative lenses can also be formed to cause a COMW to diverge as shown in
FIG. 10B . In the upper example, a light field A32 with a blue-detuned minimum intensity center can define a “negative” lens for COMW A34. In the lower example, a light field A42 with a red-detuned maximum intensity center can define a “negative” lens for COMW A44. In both negative-lens cases, one can say the center of the lens is red-detuned relative to the periphery of the lens. - The oscillator circuit of
FIG. 11 can be produced by a “painted optical potential” using a scanned, blue-detuned laser beam in conjunction with a magnetic trap. The atomic potential consists of three regions: source B02, gate B04 and drain B06, analogous to components of a field-effect transistor (FET). The “drain” B06 is connected to a (free space) vacuum. The source well is biased with a large potential V. Entrance and exit barriers/mirrors B12 and B14 border the gate region, which is shaped to be a harmonic potential with equal energy level spacings P, P-1, P-2, P-3, and so on and different barrier heights VSG. and VSD. The “transistor modes” are the upper most two levels: source-gate tunneling and source-gate-drain tunneling. A Bose condensate residing in the source well serves as a battery to power the circuit. - A driven oscillation process C00, summarized in
FIG. 12 , explains how an atomtronic transistor generates COMWs. At C01 a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) forms as a coherent state in the gate. At C02, the oscillating BEC gives rise to a phase-dependent potential energy seen by transistor modes. At C03, exactly one normal mode is excited in transistor states. At C04, a substantial drain current arises due to interaction energy. At C05, drain current gives rise to cooling of the gate atoms, which leads to the BEC formation of C01. This atomtronic transistor cycle gives rise to maximum power dissipation and an approach to thermal equilibrium. The drain output current is manifest as a coherent matterwave. The wave's potential and kinetic energy oscillate with the frequency of the condensate in such a way that the total energy of the underlying atoms remains constant. - The atomtronic transistor exhibits current gain, analogous to an inverted oscillator described by Roy J. Glauber in “Amplifiers, Attenuators, and Schrödinger's Cat”, Volume 480,
Issue 1 “New Techniques and Ideas in Quantum Measurement Theory” December 1986, Pages 336-372. An oscillator coupled to a reservoir experiences negative damping, i.e., gain. The oscillator levels lie below the levels of the reservoir, as in the case of the atomtronic transistor. The atomtronic transistor gate is the harmonic oscillator and the source+BEC serves as the reservoir. Compare gate D10 ofFIG. 13A with the inverted oscillator D20 ofFIG. 13B and contrast with regular oscillator D30 of FIG.13C. - A classical equivalent circuit E00 for the atomtronic transistor is shown in
FIG. 14 . The gain of the transistor is reflected by a negative resistance rgs. The negative resistance rgs. dissipates negative power; in other words, the native resistance causes cooling. The atomtronic circuit is powered by the chemical potential μB of the battery. The battery has internal resistance RI. The capacitances CS and CG determine particle numbers M=μC. Bias is supplied by an external atomic potential Vss. The gate-source resistance rgs determines the “drop” between the source and gate due to a drain current ID. Drain resistance RD accounts for power lost to the vacuum. - In the absence of coupling to the BEC, there are fewer particles in the upper transistor state relative to the lower state by a Boltzmann factor, as represented in
FIG. 15A , which results in a lower drain current ID=I0, where -
- Coupling to the BEC has the effect indicated in
FIG. 15B . Every incoming particle F22 is a 50-50 superposition of the two normal modes F12 and F14, separated by an energy ℏω0. Most particles F20 enter the lower state F12. The probability that a particle enters through the lower state F12 is -
- The particles F22 can only leave from the upper state F14. The gate interaction (BEC coupling) helps ensure atoms transition from the lower to the upper state. This removes energy from the system to the tune of ℏω0 per particle. The heat removed from the system is
- where Id is the particle flux.
- As indicated above, a COMW can be described in terms of potential and current fields:
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F(z,t)=F 0 cos (k m z−ω 0 t) -
I(z,t)=I 0 cos (k m z−ω 0 t) - Note that, in
FIG. 16A , interference between incident G02 and reflected G04 (by tall potential G06) portions G02 and G04 of COMW G08 is notgiven by the de Broglie wavelength λd (which is here much shorter than the COMW wavelength λm.) -
λd=λm√{square root over (ω0/ωd)} and λm=2π/k m - Note, too, that the total power carried by the atom flux is more than just from the wave.
- This is because the atoms have been accelerated by the bias Vss.
- An electronic oscillator or laser emits an E-M wave. The E-M wave is associated with the minimum energy packet called “the photon”. However, the dual of the photon in the context of a coherent oscillatory matterwave is not an atom but something else: a “matteron”.
- As shown in
FIG. 16B , a matteron detector G50 can be made with a mass-spring system: -
ωS=√{square root over (k S /m S)} - where ωS is a COMW frequency, kS is a spring constant and mS is a mass. Pressure from the atoms causes the spring to compress while oscillating pressure from the matterons cause mechanical oscillation provided ωS=ω0 but not otherwise. Atom number is conserved but matteron number is not conserved. Matterons exhibit Poisson statistics and reflect underlying spontaneous emission of the oscillator. Matterons carry momentum
- In summary, coherent oscillatory matterwaves: are matterwave analogs to electromagnetic waves (voltage and current); are different in character and behavior from de Broglie matterwaves; can be manipulated with “optical” elements formed of light; enable resonant matterwave interferometers for precision measurements; and can be emitted by an atomtronic transistor oscillator. The matterwave analog of the photon is not an atom, but rather a “matteron”.
- Further details of COMWs and their relation to atomtronics are presented by Dana Z. Anderson in “Matter waves, single-mode excitations of the matter-wave field, and the atomtronic transistor oscillator” in Physical Review A 00, 003300, published 2021 Sep. 8 by the American Physical Society. This article is incorporated herein by reference in full.
- While in the illustrated embodiments, COMW travel back and forth between a pair of mirrors in a resonator, in other resonators, other closed-loop path types can be implemented. For example, the COMW can travel about a ring with three or more reflections or travel around more complex paths. In some cases, paths with four or more segments can be planar or extend into a third dimension. In each case, the COMW travels about a closed loop of two or more path segments.
- Herein, a “molecular entity” is “any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity”. Herein, a “boson” is any particle that has integer spin and thus follows Bose-Einstein statistics. Thus, a “molecular-entity boson” is any particle that is both a molecular entity and a boson. Of particular interest herein, neutral atoms with an even number of neutrons are molecular-entity bosons. Herein, a “coherent oscillatory matterwave” is a matterwave with a wavelength corresponding to that of a standing wave in a harmonic oscillator from which the matterwave was transmitted. Herein, “detuned” refers to electro-magnetic radiation that has a wavelength within 1% of a resonance wavelength but is not equal to the resonance wavelength. Herein, “closed loop” characterizes a control system in which the controlling action is depending on the generated output of the system.
- Herein, all art labeled “prior art”, if any, is admitted prior art; all art not labeled “prior art”, if any, is not admitted prior art. The disclosed embodiments, variations thereupon and modifications thereto are provided for by the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the accompanying claims.
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1. A resonator system for a coherent oscillatory matterwave (COMW) comprising an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) generator for generating a resonator EMR field that is detuned with respect to a resonance of the COMW, the resonator EMR field defining a reflector set of COMW reflectors collectively defining a cavity with a closed-loop path for the COMW about which the COMW can resonate, the reflector set including at least one partially transmissive reflector for admitting the COMW at a first intensity into the closed path, and the first or a second reflector allowing the COMW resonating about the closed loop path to exit the cavity with a second intensity greater than the first intensity.
2. The resonator system of claim 1 wherein a COMW reflector is defined by a reflector EMR field that is blue-detuned with respect to a resonance of particles that constitute the COMW.
3. The resonator system of claim 2 wherein the blue-detuned EMR is more intense at a reflector than away from the reflector.
4. The resonator system of claim 2 wherein the reflector EMR field includes EMR that is more blue-detuned with respect to a resonance of particles that constitute the COMW than is cavity EMR in the cavity.
5. The resonator system of claim 4 wherein the reflector EMR field includes EMR that is red-detuned with respect to the resonance of the COMW.
6. The resonator system of claim 5 wherein the red-detuned EMR is more intense away from a reflector than at the reflector.
7. A resonator process comprising:
generating an EMR field that is detuned relative to a resonance of a coherent oscillator matterwave (COMW) so as to define a reflector set of COMW reflectors collectively defining a cavity with a closed loop path for the COMW about which the COMW can resonate;
admitting COMW of a first intensity into the cavity through a partially transmissive reflector of the reflector set so that the COMW intensifies as it resonates in the cavity; and
transmitting the COMW through the partially transmissive reflector or another reflector of the reflector set at a second intensity greater than the first intensity.
8. The resonator process of claim 7 wherein the EMR field includes EMR that is blue-detuned with respect to the resonance of the COMW and the reflectors.
9. The resonator process of claim 8 wherein the blue-detuned EMR is more intense at a reflector than away from the reflector.
10. The resonator process of claim 7 wherein the EMR field includes EMR that is red-detuned with respect to the resonance of the COMW and the reflectors.
11. The resonator process of claim 10 wherein the red-detuned EMR is more intense away from a reflector than at the reflector.
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