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ArticleNature communications2026

Continuously trapped matter-wave interferometry in magic Floquet-Bloch band structures.

Xiao Chai, Eber Nolasco-Martinez, Xuanwei Liang, Jeremy L Tanlimco, E Quinn Simmons, Eric Zhu, Roshan Sajjad, Hector Mas, S Nicole Halawani, Alec Cao and 1 more

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Xiao ChaiDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6121-9095
Eber Nolasco-Martinez *Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9733-3053
Xuanwei Liang *Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-4438
Jeremy L Tanlimco *Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7092-3316
E Quinn SimmonsDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Eric ZhuDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-8809
Roshan SajjadDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Hector MasDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
S Nicole HalawaniDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7948-9658
Alec CaoDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-1375
David M WeldDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. weld@physics.ucsb.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4574-9491

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Abstract

Trapped matter-wave interferometry offers the promise of compact high-precision local force sensing. However, noise in the trap itself can introduce new systematic errors which are absent in traditional free-fall interferometers. We describe and demonstrate an intrinsically noise-tolerant Floquet-engineered platform for continuously trapped atom interferometry. A non-interacting degenerate quantum gas undergoes position-space Bloch oscillations through an amplitude-modulated optical lattice, whose resulting Floquet-Bloch band structure includes Landau-Zener beamsplitters and Bragg mirrors, forming the components of a Mach-Zehnder interferometric force sensor. We identify, realize, and experimentally characterize magic band structures, analogous to the magic wavelengths employed in optical lattice clocks, for which the interferometric phase is insensitive to lattice intensity noise. We leverage the intrinsic programmability of the Floquet band synthesis approach to demonstrate a variety of interferometer structures, highlighting the potential of this technique for quantum force sensors which are tunable, compact, simple, and robust.

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