Superconducting atom chips: Advantages and challenges

V. Dikovsky; V. Sokolovsky; B. Zhang; C. Henkel; R. Folman

doi:10.1140/epjd/e2008-00261-5

Superconducting atom chips: Advantages and challenges

V. Dikovsky, V. Sokolovsky, B. Zhang, C. Henkel, R. Folman

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Superconductors are considered in view of applications to atom chip devices. The main features of magnetic traps based on superconducting wires in the Meissner and mixed states are discussed. The former state may mainly be interesting for improved atom optics, while in the latter, cold atoms may provide a probe of superconductor phenomena. The properties of a magnetic side guide based on a single superconducting strip wire placed in an external magnetic field are calculated analytically and numerically. In the mixed state of type II superconductors, inhomogeneous trapped magnetic flux, relaxation processes and noise caused by vortex motion are posing specific challenges for atom trapping.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-259
Number of pages	13
Journal	European Physical Journal D
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00261-5
State	Published - 1 Jan 2009

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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