We demonstrate a hybrid accelerometer that benefits from the advantages of
both conventional and atomic sensors in terms of bandwidth (DC to 430 Hz) and
long term stability. First, the use of a real time correction of the atom
interferometer phase by the signal from the classical accelerometer enables to
run it at best performances without any isolation platform. Second, a
servo-lock of the DC component of the conventional sensor output signal by the
atomic one realizes a hybrid sensor. This method paves the way for applications
in geophysics and in inertial navigation as it overcomes the main limitation of
atomic accelerometers, namely the dead times between consecutive measurements
We present here a simple laser system for a laser cooled atom interferometer, where all functions (laser cooling, interferometry and detection) are realized using only two extended cavity laser diodes, amplified by a common tapered amplifier.One laser is locked by frequency modulation transfer spectroscopy, the other being phase locked with an offset frequency determined by an Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) controlled Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS), which allows for efficient and versatile tuning of the laser frequency. Raman lasers are obtained with a double pass acousto-optic modulator. We demonstrate a gravimeter using this laser system, with performances close to the state of the art.
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