Abstract
The magnetic field gradient has been measured with an atom interferometer using the magnetic sublevels of $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ atoms. The Doppler-insensitive measurement effectively eliminates the contribution from gravity and background vibration noise, and the differential measurement also can reject some systematic errors. A resolution of $300$ pT/mm has been demonstrated with a $90$-s integration time and a spatial resolution of $1.4$ mm. The gradiometer was then used to measure the magnetic field gradient in an ultrahigh-vacuum environment. The technique will also be very useful to subtract the systematic error arising from the magnetic field inhomogeneity in precision atom-interferometry experiments, such as gravity measurement.
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