Interferometer-Type Structures for Guided Atoms
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate interferometer-type guiding structures for neutral atoms based on dipole potentials created by micro-fabricated optical systems. As a central element we use an array of atom waveguides being formed by focusing a red-detuned laser beam with an array of cylindrical microlenses. Combining two of these arrays, we realize X-shaped beam splitters and more complex systems like the geometries for Mach-Zehnder and Michelson-type interferometers for atoms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0210034,
title = {Interferometer-Type Structures for Guided Atoms},
author = {R. Dumke and T. Muether and M. Volk and W. Ertmer and G. Birkl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0210034},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 6 figures