Combined chips for atom-optics
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
We present experiments with Bose-Einstein condensates on a combined atom chip. The combined structure consists of a large-scale "carrier chip" and smaller "atom-optics chips", containing micron-sized elements. This allows us to work with condensates very close to chip surfaces without suffering from fragmentation or losses due to thermally driven spin flips. Precise three-dimensional positioning and transport with constant trap frequencies are described. Bose-Einstein condensates were manipulated with submicron accuracy above atom-optics chips. As an application of atom chips, a direction sensitive magnetic field microscope is demonstrated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504209,
title = {Combined chips for atom-optics},
author = {A. Guenther and M. Kemmler and S. Kraft and C. J. Vale and C. Zimmermann and J. Fortagh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504209},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 9 figures