CN106842347A - A kind of measuring system of the full component of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor - Google Patents

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CN106842347A
CN106842347A CN201611217569.9A CN201611217569A CN106842347A CN 106842347 A CN106842347 A CN 106842347A CN 201611217569 A CN201611217569 A CN 201611217569A CN 106842347 A CN106842347 A CN 106842347A
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The invention discloses a kind of measuring system of the full component of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor, including:The n cold atom interference unit of array arrangement, cold atom interference unit includes:Vacuum cavity;Vacuum cavity includes upper interference region, lower interference region, detecting area and atomic group preparation structure, and upper interference region is a slender type pipeline, and top is provided with glass window;Lower interference region is the cavity of multiwindow, and side is provided with glass window.Four atoms of the vertical laser steering of three beams are interfered simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorMeasured while component;Three atoms that three groups of horizontal laser lights are manipulated in same levels are interfered simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorMeasured while component.The present invention can measure all five isolated components of gravity gradient tensor, contain the full detail of gravity gradient tensor.

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A kind of measuring system of the full component of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor
Technical field
The invention belongs to gravity field survey technical field, and in particular to a kind of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor is complete The measuring system of component.
Background technology
The accurate measurement of gravitational field can be used for the related basic physicses research of gravitation, can be used for again Gravity Matching navigation, The practical field such as subterranean resource exploration.Gravitational field is a vector field, and its first-order derivative to locus is exactly gravity gradient.Weight Power gradient is a second-order tensor, there is 9 components, can be expressed as:This is one 3 × 3 Matrix.Because the space residing for measurement sensor does not have source to attract quality, so havingAnd because draw The field of force is conservation law, it is desirable to Γijji.So gravity gradient tensor only has five isolated components.
The measurement of gravity gradient tensor component can be realized by different methods.Such as low-temperature superconducting gravity gradient The gradient former of instrument, rotating accelerometer gravity gradiometer, electrostatic suspension gravity gradiometer and FG-5 absolute gravimeters composition, Intervening atom gravity gradiometer etc..Intervening atom gravity gradiometer has the advantages that potential sensitivity is high, inferred-zero drifts about.
Cold atom interference technique was initially subordinate to culture and education and awards group's realization in Zhu by U.S. Stamford in 1991.Due to microcosmic grain Son have fluctuation, therefore microcosmic particle ripple bag different paths develop after overlap can interfere phenomenon.Using sharp Light manipulates atom, makes the ripple bag of atom that beam splitting, reflection occur, beam is closed, it is possible to achieve the interference of atom.Atom has static matter Amount, its ripple bag develops in gravitational field and is influenceed by gravitional force, and the interferometric phase of intervening atom includes gravity.Therefore, atom Interferometer can be used to carry out High-Precision Gravimeter Survey.
Gradiometry requirement is carried out using intervening atom method and construct two atomic interferometers in one direction, measure Two acceleration of gravity.By two acceleration of gravity difference again divided by the distance between two interferometers, a gravity is just obtained The value of gradient tensor component.
At present, to the measurement measured mainly to single component of gravity gradient tensor.The first is rightMeasurement, Its two atom for being configured to manipulate vertical direction simultaneously using the laser beam of vertical direction is interfered.(Physics Review A 65,033608,2002).Second is right(or) measurement, what it was configured to using horizontal direction Two atoms that laser beam manipulates horizontal direction simultaneously are interfered.(X.Wu, PhD thesis, Stanford University, 2009).Both the above gravity measuring device can only all measure some component of gravity gradient tensor, so The full detail of gravity gradient tensor can not be provided, its range of application is restricted.
The content of the invention
For the defect of prior art, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor The measuring system of full component, it is intended to which the intervening atom gravity gradiometer for solving prior art can only carry out single gravity gradient tensor The not enough problem of component measurement.
The invention provides a kind of measuring system of the full component of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor, including:N battle array The cold atom interference unit of column arrangement, cold atom interference unit includes:Vacuum cavity;Vacuum cavity includes upper interference region, under Interference region, detecting area and atomic group preparation structure, upper interference region are a slender type pipeline, and interference region is provided with described Glass window for introducing vertical laser L1;Lower interference region is the cavity of multiwindow, and is provided with glass window to introduce water Flat laser L2;Detecting area is the cavity of multiwindow, and is provided with for for exploring laser light L4 and the fluorescence to be collected provide logical The window in road;Atomic group preparation structure is polyhedral structure and is provided with for being that cooling laser L5, L6 and vertical laser L1 are carried Cold atom cloud a0 during for passage and for monitoring preparation provides the window of passage, wherein, n is the integer more than or equal to 2.
Further, the cold atom interference unit also includes:Vertical laser beam transmitter, horizontal laser beam transmitting Device, photodetector, vavuum pump, alkali metal shuttle, laser mirror and the anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother's Huo Zi coils;The vertical laser beam Transmitter expands device for cylindrical laser beam, is vertically right against the top window of interference region, for by laser from optical fiber Draw and outgoing;The horizontal laser beam transmitter expands device for cylindrical laser beam, is vertically right against the side of lower interference region Face-port mouthful, for laser to be drawn simultaneously outgoing from optical fiber;The window that photodetector is directed at the detecting area is installed, for receiving Collect the fluorescence of atomic emissions and be converted into electric signal;The vavuum pump is connected with the atomic group preparation structure, for maintaining The vacuum of vacuum cavity is stated 10-8Pa~10-7Pa;The alkali metal shuttle is connected with the atomic group preparation structure, Inside fills alkali metal atom sample, goes out atomic gas for disperse and provides operation material;The laser mirror perpendicular to Vertical laser L1 is placed, for vertical laser L1 originals road to be reflected to form to the laser penetrated so as to be operated to atom;It is described Anti- last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils are arranged in the atomic group preparation structure and make its diameter parallel a branch of in cooling laser L5, use To produce magnetic field intensity zero point and magnetic field gradient at its center, so as to coordinate with cooling laser L5, L6, the prisoner at magnetic field zero Prohibit atom.
Further, between the lower interference region and detecting area, the detecting area and the atomic group preparation structure it Between connected by titanium alloy pipeline.
Further, horizontal laser beam transmitter includes:Four identical optical fiber beam expansion devices, for outgoing horizontal laser light L2。
Further, photodetector is photoelectric tube or photomultiplier.
Further, anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils are two coils for being passed through reverse current.
Further, when n is 3, three cold atom interference units are arranged at a right angle in approximately the same plane.
Further, in three cold atom interference units, the first cold atom interference unit A and the interference of the 3rd cold atom are single Along the x-axis direction, the line of the first cold atom interference unit A and the second cold atom interference unit B is along the y-axis direction for the line of first C; On vertical direction, the vertical laser L1 of three beams manipulates the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the second cold atom cloud A-a2, the 3rd cold atom cloud B- A1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorSurveyed while component Amount;The difference of the result of interference between the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the second cold atom cloud A-a2 is givenMeasurement result; Difference between first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 is givenFirst cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 4th cold Difference between atomic group C-a1 is givenIn the horizontal direction, three groups of horizontal laser light L2 manipulate the in same levels One cold atom cloud A-a1, the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorMeasured while component;The difference of the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 result of interference is given Go outThe difference of the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 result of interference is givenWherein, x-y-z structures Into right hand rectangular coordinate system, vertically, x or y is along thing or North and South direction for z-axis.
The present invention has the advantages that:
(1) present invention is simultaneously complete using laser steering multiple atomic group using multiple cold atom interference unit cooperations Into interference, the non-diagonal component of gravity gradient tensor can be measured using two difference of atomic group result of interferenceThere is no gravity gradient tensor non-diagonal component measurement device and side based on intervening atom method at present Case, system of the present invention realizes the breakthrough of zero.
(2) present invention is simultaneously complete using laser steering multiple atomic group using multiple cold atom interference unit cooperations Into interference.In one-shot measurement, system of the present invention can realize three components of gravity gradient tensor vertical directionWhile measurement or two components of horizontal directionWhile measure.Compared to single Component of tensor intervening atom gravity gradiometer, the system has measuring speed higher.
(3) present invention is simultaneously complete using laser steering multiple atomic group using multiple cold atom interference unit cooperations Into interference.Measurement alternately both vertically as well as horizontally can draw all five isolated components of gravity gradient tensor, i.e., The present invention can measure the full detail of gravity gradient tensor.
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Fig. 1 is that present system constitutes schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is cell arrangement structural representation;
Fig. 3 is the horizontal direction laser-configured schematic diagram for manipulating atom;
Fig. 4 is Three-Dimensional Magnetic light trap structures schematic diagram.
Wherein, A is the first cold atom interference unit, and B is the second cold atom interference unit, and C is that the 3rd cold atom interferes list Unit, a0 is cold atom cloud when preparing, and A-a1 is the first cold atom cloud, A-a2 is the second cold atom cloud, B-a1 is the 3rd cold original Son group, C-a1 are the 4th cold atom cloud, and L1 is vertical laser, and L2 is horizontal laser light, and L21 is first level laser, and L22 is second Horizontal laser light, L3 is horizontal state selection laser, and L4 is exploring laser light, and L5 is to cool down laser downwards, and L6 is to cool down laser, 101 upwards It is upper interference region, 102 is lower interference region, and 103 is detecting area, and 104 is atomic group preparation structure, and 201 is vertical radiating laser beams Device, 202 is horizontal laser beam transmitter, and 203 is photodetector, and 204 is vavuum pump, and 205 is alkali metal shuttle, 206 It is laser mirror, 207 is mother's Huo Zi coils of the anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches.
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In order to make the purpose , technical scheme and advantage of the present invention be clearer, it is right below in conjunction with drawings and Examples The present invention is further elaborated.It should be appreciated that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present invention, and It is not used in the restriction present invention.
The deficiency of single gravity gradient tensor component measurement can only be carried out for former intervening atom gravity gradiometer, this Implementation of the invention there is provided a kind of full amount measuring system of gravity gradient tensor based on intervening atom method.
The measuring system of the array full component of intervening atom gravity gradient tensor that the present invention is provided includes:N array The cold atom interference unit of arrangement, n is the integer more than or equal to 2.
In the present invention, for sake of convenience, right hand rectangular coordinate system x-y-z is defined.Wherein z-axis vertically, x (or Y) along thing or North and South direction.
For the ease of description, it is equal to as a example by 3 by n, three cold atom interference units A, B, C are arranged at a right angle in the horizontal plane Row, wherein the line of the first cold atom interference unit A and the 3rd cold atom interference unit C is along the x-axis direction, the interference of the first cold atom The line of unit A and the second cold atom interference unit B is along the y-axis direction;In the vertical direction, the vertical laser L1 of three beams manipulates first Cold atom cloud A-a1, the second cold atom cloud A-a2, the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, realize In gravity gradient tensorMeasured while component.Wherein, the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and second cold The difference of the result of interference between atomic group A-a2 is givenMeasurement result;First cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom Difference between group B-a1 is givenDifference between first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 is givenIn the horizontal direction, the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the 3rd cold atom in three groups of horizontal laser light L2 manipulation same levels Group B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorSurveyed while component Amount.Wherein, the difference of the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 result of interference is givenFirst cold atom cloud The difference of A-a1 and the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 result of interference is given
By the measurement of horizontal direction and vertical direction alternately, it can be deduced that all five independences of gravity gradient tensor point The value of amount.Five isolated components contain the full detail of gravity gradient tensor, so system of the present invention can carry out weight The full component measurement of power gradient tensor.
Fig. 1 shows the full amount measuring system of the gravity gradient tensor based on intervening atom provided in an embodiment of the present invention Structure, for convenience of description, illustrate only the part related to the embodiment of the present invention, and is equal to as a example by 3 by n, and details are as follows:
The full amount measuring system of this gradient tensor includes three structure identical cold atom interference units A, B and C, three lists Unit is at a right angle in the horizontal plane to place, wherein the line of the first cold atom interference unit A and the 3rd cold atom interference unit C is along x The line of direction of principal axis, the first cold atom interference unit A and the second cold atom interference unit B is along the y-axis direction.Each cell arrangement knot As shown in Fig. 2 cold atom interference unit A, B, the structure of C are identical, now details are as follows by taking cold atom interference unit A as an example for structure:
Mainly it is made up of the ultrahigh vacuum degree cavity 101-104 and accessory structure 201-207 that constitute vacuum tank;Laser L1-L6 and cold atom cloud a0, a1, a2 are the operation material of the system.
Ultrahigh vacuum degree cavity 101-104 parts are the major mechanical structure of the present apparatus, and it is atom vapor that Main Function is One sealing container and the preparation for cold atom are provided and manipulation provides a ultrahigh vacuum degree environment, required vacuum one As be 10-8-10-7Pa levels.Vacuum cavity selected materials typically have titanium alloy or devitrified glass.Now enter by taking titanium alloy as an example Row brief description:It is same between cavity and cavity to be attached using titanium alloy pipeline;The place that laser beam passes through uses glass Window;Connection between each separating component is sealed using flange screw anaerobic copper backing.
Ultrahigh vacuum degree cavity includes:Upper interference region 101, lower interference region 102, detecting area 103, atomic group preparation structure 104.Wherein, upper interference region 101 typically can be a slender type pipeline, and Main Function is for the second cold atom cloud A-a2 interferes Space is provided;Its upper end is provided with glass window to introduce vertical laser L1.Lower interference region 102 is generally the cavity of multiwindow, Main Function is for the first cold atom cloud A-a1 interference provides space;Glass window is installed to draw on its face perpendicular to y-axis Enter horizontal laser light L2.Detecting area 103 is generally the cavity of multiwindow, and it provides space, is installed for the detection process of atom Window provides passage for the fluorescence to be collected of exploring laser light L4 and photodetector 203.Atomic group preparation structure 104, typically It is polyhedral structure, there are many windows;It can provide space for cooling Trapping of Atoms, and window can be cooling laser L5, L6 and erect Straight laser L1 provides passage, while cold atom cloud a0 when also being prepared for monitoring provides passage.Lower interference region 102 and detecting area Connected by titanium alloy pipeline between 103, between detecting area 103 and atomic group preparation structure 104.
Accessory structure 201-207 is some for being attached on main cavity 101-104 or coordinating with main cavity 101-104 Gadget.They collectively form the entirety of this exemplary unit with main cavity 101-104.Wherein, the He of vertical laser beam transmitter 201 The generally pylindrical laser beam of horizontal laser beam transmitter 202 expands device, is used to from optical fiber draw laser and outgoing;It Be respectively perpendicular the side window of the top window and lower interference region 102 for being right against interference region 101.As shown in figure 3, level swashs Light-beam transmitter 202 is made up of four identical optical fiber beam expansion devices, to two composition first levels of outgoing horizontal laser light L2 Laser L21, the second horizontal laser light L22.Photodetector 203 typically can be photoelectric tube or photomultiplier, and its alignment is visited The window for surveying area 103 is installed, and effect is the fluorescence for collecting atomic emissions, and is converted into electric signal, facilitates subsequent treatment and note Record.Vavuum pump 204 generally comprises ionic pump and getter pump, is connected with atomic group preparation structure 104, is used to maintain ultrahigh vacuum Vacuum in degree cavity 101-104.Alkali metal shuttle 205 is connected with atomic group preparation structure 104, and inside fills alkali gold Category atomic sample, goes out atomic gas, for the present apparatus provides operation material to disperse.Laser mirror 206 is perpendicular to sharp vertically Light L1 is placed, and is used to for vertical laser L1 originals road to reflect to form laser to penetrating, and atom is operated.Anti- last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils 207 is two coils for being passed through reverse current, in atomic group preparation structure 104 and makes its diameter parallel in cooling laser It is a branch of in L5, to produce magnetic field intensity zero point and magnetic field gradient at its center, so as to coordinate with cooling laser L5, L6, The Trapping of Atoms at magnetic field zero.
Laser beam L1-L6 is used for preparing and manipulating cold atom cloud.Wherein vertical laser L1 and horizontal laser light L2 is generally Raman light beams or Bragg light beams, its effect is irradiated atoms, makes atom that stimulated Raman transition or Bragg diffraction to occur, Beam splitting, reflection and the conjunction beam of atomic wave are realized, that is, is manipulated atom and is interfered;General vertical laser and horizontal laser light L1, L2 In can also be coupled into removing light, for removing the atom of specific energy state.The principle for removing light is atom is obtained photon momentum Accelerate, so that " being blown away ".As shown in figure 3, horizontal laser light L2 has two composition first level laser L21, the second horizontal laser lights L22.The two compositions are parallel to each other, and each composition is formed by two beam laser-correlations, and the two beam laser phases difference lock to penetrating Determine and can adjust.First level laser L21 completes the reflective operation of the first cold atom cloud A-a1 ripple bags;Second horizontal laser light L22 completes the beam splitting of the first cold atom A-a1 ripple bags, closes beam operation.The effect of horizontal state selection light L3 is the interference to horizontal direction Carry out state selection;The effect of detection light L4 is irradiated atoms, makes atom-exciting transition, and then spontaneous radiation goes out fluorescence.By detection Fluorescence intensity, can detect the number in not homomorphism atom, interferometric phase information be drawn, so as to derive acceleration of gravity Information.Cooling laser L5, L6 be using red off resonance laser-correlation to prepare when cold atom a0 carry out Doppler cooling, while The imprison of the cold atom cloud a0 being engaged with externally-applied magnetic field when can also realize preparing;Pump light composition is wherein also typically coupled with back, Because atom meeting spontaneous radiation during Doppler cooling, to other atomic ground states that can not continue cooling procedure, is called Dark-state, returning pump light can return pump to the atomic ground state that can continue to Doppler cooling by Dark atom.Fig. 4 is exemplary three-dimensional magneto-optic Well structure, cooling laser L5, L6 includes three beams of laser respectively, forms the three pairs of laser to penetrating, and three pairs to the laser penetrated two-by-two Vertically.In upthrow process, to change the laser frequency of cooling laser L5 downwards, therefore the frequency of cooling laser L5 will can downwards Independently of cooling laser L6 controls upwards.
Cold atom cloud a0, A-a1, A-a2 are the operation material of the system.Cold atom cloud a0 when wherein preparing is to prepare The cold atom cloud that journey is formed, the first cold atom cloud for A-a1 be on throw the atomic group of lower interference region 102, the second cold atom cloud A- A2 throws the cold atom cloud of interference region 101 on being.
The example operation logic of the present apparatus and operating process are as follows:Alkali metal evaporate into from alkali metal shuttle 205 In atomic group preparation structure 104.Using Three-Dimensional Magnetic light trap structures as shown in Figure 4 cooling imprison can be carried out to atom.It is three-dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap is made up of cooling laser L5, L6 and mother Huo Zi of anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches coil 207 of three pairs of air exercises.Three pairs of laser are orthogonal, three Make decelerating atoms on individual direction;Anti- last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils 207 and cooling laser L5, L6 coordinate Trapping of Atoms at center, are formed Cold atom cloud a0 during preparation.
Cool down downwards the frequency of laser L5 by atom using being reduced after three-dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap cooling imprison to enough atoms Throw.For the first cold atom interference unit A, the upthrow initial velocity of control atom can be by the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and second Predetermined height is thrown on cold atom cloud A-a2;Control upthrow interval can make the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the second cold atom cloud A-a2 geo-stationaries in upthrow flight course.Such first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the second cold atom cloud A-a2 are relative to vertical Doppler's off resonance of laser L1 is identical, it is possible to manipulate the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and second simultaneously with a branch of vertical laser L1 Cold atom cloud A-a2.For second and the 3rd cold atom interference unit B, C, it is only necessary to one the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 of upthrow or The cold atom cloud C-a1 of person the 4th.First cold atom cloud A-a1 of the first cold atom interference unit A upthrows, the interference of the second cold atom are single 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 of first B upthrows, the height of the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 of the 3rd cold atom interference unit C upthrows will be protected Hold consistent.
Interference for vertical direction is, it is necessary in the vertical direction is carried out " state selection ".Enter in the first cold atom cloud A-a1 After lower section interference region 102, it is possible to use vertical laser L1 carries out energy level selection and the selection of speed to atom simultaneously, referred to as " state selection ".Energy level selection includes the selection of the hyperfine structure energy level of atom and magnetic sublevel.Regulation laser frequency and vertical side Resonated to the null magnon energy level of magnetic quantum number, they are chosen and by other atoms " blowing away ";Vertical direction Magnetic quantum number be zero atom pair magnetic field it is insensitive, the influence in magnetic field can be reduced.Speed selection utilizes friction speed Doppler's mismatching angle that atom relative atom manipulates laser L1 is different, the frequency of regulation Atomic Manipulation laser L1, intensity and continues Time, select the atom of specific speed distribution.After speed selection the VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION of atom in the vertical direction can with narrower, Be conducive to improving signal to noise ratio.
Interference for horizontal direction, it is necessary to carry out " state selection " in the horizontal direction." state selection " in horizontal direction with it is perpendicular Nogata to " state selection " function phase it is same, method is similar to.Only difference is that " state selection " of horizontal direction will utilize horizontal direction Laser is carried out.Carried out " state selection " using horizontal state selection laser L3 in this example system.
It is exactly interventional procedures after state selection.Interventional procedures are generally typical three pulses matter wave interference process.Atomic group In atom be a kind of matter wave, make thing using the vertical laser L1 of the three beams of constant duration or three groups of horizontal laser light L2 pulses Then the beam splitting of ripple bag, the reflection of matter ripple close beam and can just interfere phenomenon.For the interference of vertical direction, in vertical direction After state selection is completed, the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the second cold atom cloud A-a2, the 3rd cold original are manipulated using the vertical laser L1 of three beams Son group B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 complete interventional procedures simultaneously.In the interferometric phase that the interventional procedures of vertical direction are obtained, Include the information of acceleration of gravity vertical component, g can be expressed asz.For the interference of horizontal direction, choosing in the horizontal direction After state is completed, the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the 3rd cold atom cloud in same level are manipulated using three groups of horizontal laser light L2 B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 complete interventional procedures simultaneously.In the interferometric phase that the interventional procedures of horizontal direction are obtained, comprising There is the information of acceleration of gravity horizontal component, g can be expressed asy
After the completion of interventional procedures, atom freely falls to detecting area 103, at this moment can irradiate former using exploring laser light L4 Son, and using the Measurement atom fluorescence intensity of photodetector 203 so as to provide result of interference, show that four acceleration of gravity are vertical Component gzOr three acceleration of gravity horizontal component gy.Any two gravity can be directly extracted using suitable method to add The difference of velocity component.All five isolated components of gravity gradient tensor can be obtained by the difference of these components of acceleration.Gravity The expression formula of gradient tensor component is followed successively by:
Wherein xACRepresent the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 distance along the x-axis direction;yABRepresent the One cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 distance along the y-axis direction;zAARepresent the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and second Cold atom cloud A-a2 distances along the z-axis direction.Represent the acceleration of gravity horizontal component that the first cold atom cloud A-a1 is measured gyRepresent the acceleration of gravity horizontal component g that the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 is measuredyRepresent the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 The acceleration of gravity horizontal component g for measuringyRepresent the acceleration of gravity vertical component g that the first cold atom cloud A-a1 is measuredzRepresent the acceleration of gravity vertical component g that the second cold atom cloud A-a2 is measuredzRepresent that the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 is surveyed The acceleration of gravity vertical component g for arrivingzRepresent the acceleration of gravity vertical component g that the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 is measuredz
It is general to require to vibrations noise because intervening atom gradiometry is measured by the difference of two components of acceleration With laser phase noise there is common mode inhibition to act on.The system can be accomplished by the following way common mode inhibition.For laser phase Position noise, three cold atom interference units A, B, the vertical laser L1 of C are by same laser by being introduced respectively by optical fiber after beam splitting Three units;Similarly, three cold atom interference units A, B, the horizontal laser light L2 of C also derive from same light source.Made an uproar for vibrations Sound, vertical direction, three vertical laser beam transmitters 201 are fixed on same rigid structure, and three laser mirrors 206 are fixed On same rigid structure;Horizontal direction, three groups totally ten two horizontal laser beam transmitters 202 be fixed on same rigid structure On.The principle of common mode inhibition is that the phase noise of same light source is identical, is fixed on the laser beam transmitter on same rigid structure Shock conditions are identical, so they can be fallen by difference in difference measurement.
The present invention utilizes three cold atom interference units A, B, C cooperations, using laser steering multiple atomic group simultaneously Interference is completed, the non-diagonal component of gravity gradient tensor can be measured using two difference of atomic group result of interferenceThere is no gravity gradient tensor non-diagonal component measurement device and side based on intervening atom method at present Case, system of the present invention realizes the breakthrough of zero.The present invention utilizes three cold atom interference units A, B, C cooperations, profit Interference is completed simultaneously with laser steering multiple atomic group.In one-shot measurement, system of the present invention can realize gravity gradient Three components of tensor vertical directionWhile measurement or two components of horizontal direction 's Measure simultaneously.Compared to single component of tensor intervening atom gravity gradiometer, the system has measuring speed higher.Profit of the invention With three cold atom interference units A, B, C cooperations, interference is completed simultaneously using laser steering multiple atomic group.Alternately Measurement both vertically as well as horizontally can show that whole five isolated components, the i.e. present invention of gravity gradient tensor can be measured The full detail of gravity gradient tensor.
In sum, the full amount measuring system of this intervening atom gravity gradient tensor can measure the complete of gravity gradient tensor Five, portion isolated component, using the teaching of the invention it is possible to provide more gravity field informations, it is all significant to the related field of gravity field survey.
As it will be easily appreciated by one skilled in the art that the foregoing is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is not used to The limitation present invention, all any modification, equivalent and improvement made within the spirit and principles in the present invention etc., all should include Within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a kind of measuring system of the full component of array intervening atom gravity gradient tensor, it is characterised in that including:N array The cold atom interference unit of formula arrangement, the cold atom interference unit includes:Vacuum cavity;The vacuum cavity includes upper interference Area (101), lower interference region (102), detecting area (103) and atomic group preparation structure (104), the upper interference region (101) is one Root slender type pipeline, and interference region (101) is provided with the glass window for introducing vertical laser L1 on described;It is described lower dry It is the cavity of multiwindow to relate to area (102), and is provided with glass window to introduce horizontal laser light L2;The detecting area (103) is many The cavity of window, and the window for providing passage for exploring laser light L4 and the fluorescence to be collected is installed;The atomic group Preparation structure (104) for polyhedral structure and be provided with for for cooling laser L5, L6 and vertical laser L1 provide passage and Cold atom cloud a0 when being prepared for monitoring provides the window of passage, wherein, n is the integer more than or equal to 2.
2. measuring system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the cold atom interference unit also includes:Vertical laser Beam transmitter (201), horizontal laser beam transmitter (202), photodetector (203), vavuum pump (204), alkali metal sample hold Device (205), laser mirror (206) and mother Huo Zi coils of the anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches (207);
The vertical laser beam transmitter (201) expands device for cylindrical laser beam, is vertically right against interference region (101) Top window, for laser to be drawn simultaneously outgoing from optical fiber;
The horizontal laser beam transmitter (202) expands device for cylindrical laser beam, is vertically right against lower interference region (102) Side window, for laser to be drawn simultaneously outgoing from optical fiber;
The window that the photodetector (203) is directed at the detecting area (103) is installed, for collect atomic emissions fluorescence simultaneously It is converted into electric signal;
The vavuum pump (204) connects with the atomic group preparation structure (104), the vacuum for maintaining the vacuum cavity 10-8Pa~10-7Pa;
The alkali metal shuttle (205) connects with the atomic group preparation structure (104), and inside fills alkali metal atom sample Product, go out atomic gas and provide operation material for disperse;
The laser mirror (206) is placed perpendicular to vertical laser L1, for vertical laser L1 originals road to be reflected to form to penetrating Laser so as to being operated to atom;
Anti- last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils (207) is on the atomic group preparation structure (104) and makes its diameter parallel in cold But it is a branch of in laser L5, to produce magnetic field intensity zero point and magnetic field gradient at its center, so as to cooling laser L5, L6 Coordinate, the Trapping of Atoms at magnetic field zero.
3. measuring system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the lower interference region (102) and detecting area (103) it Between, be connected by titanium alloy pipeline between the detecting area (103) and the atomic group preparation structure (104).
4. measuring system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the horizontal laser beam transmitter (202) includes:Four Identical optical fiber beam expansion device, for outgoing horizontal laser light L2.
5. measuring system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the photodetector (203) is photoelectric tube or light Electric multiplier tube.
6. measuring system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that anti-last of the twelve Earthly Branches mother Huo Zi coils (207) is passed through for two The coil of reverse current.
7. the measuring system as described in claim any one of 1-6, it is characterised in that when n is 3, three cold atom interference units Arranged at a right angle in approximately the same plane.
8. measuring system as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that in three cold atom interference units, the first cold atom is done Relate to the line of unit A and the 3rd cold atom interference unit C along the x-axis direction, the first cold atom interference unit A and the second cold atom are dry Relate to the line of unit B along the y-axis direction;
In the vertical direction, the vertical laser L1 of three beams manipulates the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the second cold atom cloud A-a2, the 3rd cold original Son group B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorComponent Measure simultaneously;The difference of the result of interference between the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the second cold atom cloud A-a2 is givenMeasurement As a result;Difference between first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 is givenFirst cold atom cloud A-a1 and Difference between 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 is given
In the horizontal direction, the first cold atom cloud A-a1, the 3rd cold atom in three groups of horizontal laser light L2 manipulation same levels Group B-a1, the 4th cold atom cloud C-a1 interfere simultaneously, in realizing gravity gradient tensorMeasured while component; The difference of the first cold atom cloud A-a1 and the 3rd cold atom cloud B-a1 result of interference is givenFirst cold atom cloud A-a1 and The difference of four cold atom cloud C-a1 result of interference is given
Wherein, x-y-z constitutes right hand rectangular coordinate system, and vertically, x or y is along thing or North and South direction for z-axis.
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