Miniaturizing atom optics: From wires to atom chips

Jörg Schmiedmayer; Ron Folman

doi:10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01200-8

Miniaturizing atom optics: From wires to atom chips

Jörg Schmiedmayer, Ron Folman

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Abstract

A large variety of trapping and guiding potentials can be designed by bringing cold atoms close to charged or current carrying material objects, which allows for miniaturization and integration of atom optical elements. Surfaces holding such structures form Atom Chips which, for coherent matter wave optics, may form the basis for a variety of novel applications and research tools, similar to what integrated circuits are for electronics. We describe the basic principles of constructing such microscopic traps and guides, how to load atoms into them, and give examples of Atom Chip experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	551-563
Number of pages	13
Journal	Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01200-8
State	Published - 1 Jun 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Atom chips
Atom guides
Atomes froids
Cold atoms
Guide atomique
Integrated optics
Magnetic traps
Optique intégrée
Piège magnétique
Puce atomique

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General Physics and Astronomy

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