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Atom-optical elements on micro chips

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We describe the realization of atom-optical elements as magnetic waveguide potentials, beam splitters and gravitational traps on a microchip. The microchip was produced by electroplating gold conductors on an aluminium-oxide substrate. The conductors are 30-150 μ\mum wide and allow for the generation of waveguides at large distances to the chip surface, where surface effects are negligible. We show that these elements can be integrated on a single chip to achieve complex atom-optical circuits.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504242,
  title  = {Atom-optical elements on micro chips},
  author = {S. Kraft and A. Guenther and P. Wicke and B. Kasch and C. Zimmermann and J. Fortagh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504242},
  year   = {2009}
}