Imaging Potentials With Atom Lasers

For 60 years, the laser has revolutionized modern scientific methods, creating a versatile tool used in labs for a wide range of applications. The demonstration of the “atom laser” two decades ago further established tabletop ultracold atomic systems as exceptional playgrounds for building quantum analog systems, similar to the emergence of atomtronics today. In our experiments, we use atom lasers as a tool to image both optical and magnetic potentials over large areas in our vacuum system by measuring caustic paths for highly detuned potentials and atom interferometric techniques for near-detuned potentials. In this talk, I will review these imaging techniques and provide motivation to use these systems in future hybrid quantum system settings.