An atomic interferometric accelerometer (100, 200), comprising: a laser device (120, 220) configured to emit a pulsed laser beam at a first frequency; an electro-optic modulator (122, 222) in optical communication with the laser device (120, 220) and configured to receive the pulsed laser beam at the first frequency, the electro-optic modulator (122, 222) configured to output a first optical signal corresponding to the pulsed laser beam at the first frequency and a second optical signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency; a vacuum cell (110, 210) in optical communication with the electro-optic modulator (122, 222), the vacuum cell (110, 210) comprising a plurality of optically transparent sides (112, 212) that enclose a vacuum chamber (114, 214) in which laser cooled atoms reside, the vacuum cell (110, 210) configured to receive the first and second optical signals such that the first and second optical signals propagate in a direction that passes through the laser cooled atoms; and a piezo mirror structure (130, 230) in optical communication with the vacuum cell (110, 210) and configured to retro-reflect the first and second optical signals back through the laser cooled atoms in a counter-propagating direction; wherein the piezo mirror structure (130, 230) is driven with substantially constant velocity during each individual laser beam pulse, thereby imparting a Doppler shift to the retro-reflected first and second optical signals to create two non-symmetric counter-propagating lightwave pairs, wherein one of the lightwave pairs supports interferometry while the other of the lightwave pairs is non-resonant. a laser device (120, 220) configured to emit a pulsed laser beam at a first frequency; an electro-optic modulator (122, 222) in optical communication with the laser device (120, 220) and configured to receive the pulsed laser beam at the first frequency, the electro-optic modulator (122, 222) configured to output a first optical signal corresponding to the pulsed laser beam at the first frequency and a second optical signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency; a vacuum cell (110, 210) in optical communication with the electro-optic modulator (122, 222), the vacuum cell (110, 210) comprising a plurality of optically transparent sides (112, 212) that enclose a vacuum chamber (114, 214) in which laser cooled atoms reside, the vacuum cell (110, 210) configured to receive the first and second optical signals such that the first and second optical signals propagate in a direction that passes through the laser cooled atoms; and a piezo mirror structure (130, 230) in optical communication with the vacuum cell (110, 210) and configured to retro-reflect the first and second optical signals back through the laser cooled atoms in a counter-propagating direction; wherein the piezo mirror structure (130, 230) is driven with substantially constant velocity during each individual laser beam pulse, thereby imparting a Doppler shift to the retro-reflected first and second optical signals to create two non-symmetric counter-propagating lightwave pairs, wherein one of the lightwave pairs supports interferometry while the other of the lightwave pairs is non-resonant.