Towards a cold atom gravimeter

• Main Author: Chew, Andrew
• Other Authors: Rainer Helmut Dumke
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54667
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis describes the construction of a portable cold atom gravimeter with the aim to be employed in remote locations. Two species of alkali atoms would be eventually used, namely Rubidium-87 and Cesium-133. The advantage of such a system is shorter duty cycle, and shorter dead time. In this the...