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ArticleNature communications2023

Enhancing the sensitivity of atom-interferometric inertial sensors using robust control.

Jack C Saywell, Max S Carey, Philip S Light, Stuart S Szigeti, Alistair R Milne, Karandeep S Gill, Matthew L Goh, Viktor S Perunicic, Nathanial M Wilson, Calum D Macrae and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jack C SaywellQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Max S CareyQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Philip S LightQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stuart S SzigetiQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-6511
Alistair R MilneQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Karandeep S GillQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Matthew L GohQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Viktor S PerunicicQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nathanial M WilsonQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Calum D MacraeQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Alexander RischkaQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-5933
Patrick J EverittQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nicholas P RobinsQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Russell P AndersonQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia. russell.anderson@q-ctrl.com.
Michael R HushQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Michael J BiercukQ-CTRL, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Queensland Rail · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atom-interferometric quantum sensors could revolutionize navigation, civil engineering, and Earth observation. However, operation in real-world environments is challenging due to external interference, platform noise, and constraints on size, weight, and power. Here we experimentally demonstrate that tailored light pulses designed using robust control techniques mitigate significant error sources in an atom-interferometric accelerometer. To mimic the effect of unpredictable lateral platform motion, we apply laser-intensity noise that varies up to 20% from pulse-to-pulse. Our robust control solution maintains performant sensing, while the utility of conventional pulses collapses. By measuring local gravity, we show that our robust pulses preserve interferometer scale factor and improve measurement precision by 10× in the presence of this noise. We further validate these enhancements by measuring applied accelerations over a 200 μg range up to 21× more precisely at the highest applied noise level. Our demonstration provides a pathway to improved atom-interferometric inertial sensing in real-world settings.

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PMID37993456
PMCPMC10665367
OpenAlexW4388902493

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