Patent ID: 11971256
Assignee: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
forming a magneto-optical trap (MOT) about a suspended waveguide;
forming an evanescent field optical dipole trap (EF-ODT) about the suspended waveguide by causing red-detuned and blue-detuned trapping beams to propagate in the suspended waveguide;
applying a sequence of pulses to guided atoms in the EF-ODT, wherein the sequence of pulses is adapted to impart momentum kicks to the guided atoms in the EF-ODT;
emitting an optical probe signal such that the optical probe signal interacts with the guided atoms in the EF-ODT, wherein interaction of the optical probe signal with the guided atoms in the EF-ODT is indicative of motion of a platform that includes the suspended waveguide;
receiving light from the guided atoms in the EF-ODT at an optical sensor, wherein the light is indicative of interaction of the optical probe signal with the guided atoms in the EF-ODT; and
based upon an output of the optical sensor, computing a motion parameter of the platform that includes the suspended waveguide.