Nanofabricated atom optics: atom chips

Author: Brugger Karolina   Calarco Tommaso   Cassettari Donatella   Folman Ron   Haase Albrecht   Hessmo Björn   Krüger Peter   Maier Thomas   Schmiedmayer Jörg  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 1362-3044

Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Vol.47, Iss.14-15, 2000-11, pp. : 2789-2809

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Abstract

Small tight trapping and guiding potentials can be created for neutral atoms moving microns above surfaces patterned with nanofabricated charged and current-carrying structures. 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 integrated circuits in electronics. In this paper we describe the basic principles of atom chip experiments.