Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060402 (2007) [4 pages]Using Time-Reversal Symmetry for Sensitive Incoherent Matter-Wave Sagnac InterferometryReceived 6 December 2006; published 8 August 2007 We present a theory of the transmission of guided matter-waves through Sagnac interferometers. Interferometer configurations with only one input and one output port have a property similar to the phase rigidity observed in the transmission through Aharonov-Bohm interferometers in coherent mesoscopic electronics. This property enables their operation with incoherent matter-wave sources. High rotation sensitivity is predicted for high finesse configurations. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.060402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.060402
PACS:
03.75.Be, 07.60.Ly, 73.63.−b
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