Delta kick cooling for cold atom interferometry and its application in space missions
Tutor / Supervisor
Morgan, Mitchell
Student
Augst, Nadja
Document type
Master thesis
Date
2020
rights
Open Access
Publisher
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Abstract
Delta kick cooling (DKC) gives control over the free expansion of Bose-Einstein-Condensates for the purpose of atom interferometry. Recent projects and future proposals on how to apply DKC for cold atom interferometry in space missions are outlined. This thesis provides both a classical analytical as well as a numerical solution to the evolution of the atom cloud distribution in phase space of a thermal ensemble. It investigates how duration and strength of the kick will influence the same. Furthermore, a numerical solution to the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for the DKC of a Bose-Einstein condensate is presented.
Participating teacher
- Morgan, Mitchell