Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna presented their poster on "Rb-filled Hollow-core Fibres - A Novel Approach to Atomic Sensing" during the Young Atom Optician Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Atom interferometry allows to build gravimeters and gyroscopes of unprecedented precision.

Our aim is to realise a setup that is more compact, economic and easily transportable compared to commercial instruments. Our experiment is composed of a Magneto Optical Trap of Rb atoms in proximity of the tip of a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber, in which we plan to confine the cold atoms to reduce encumbrance while still attaining state-of-the-art sensitivities ( 10−7m/s 2 ).

By M. Marchesini, M. Dondi, M. Prevedelli, and F. Minardi