Guided atom gyroscope on an atom chip with symmetrical state-dependent microwave potentials

Abstract

We proposed to realize area-enclosed Raman-type atom interferometer on an atom chip based on the moving guide. Symmetrical state-dependent microwave potentials are applied to split and recombine the atoms with different internal states along the free-propagation direction of a magnetic guide, while the atoms are translated along another direction with the moving guide back and forth. For the long coherence time of the atom internal states and the moving guide scheme, compact and large area-enclosed atom gyroscope can be realized on an atom chip.