Towards a guided atom interferometer based on a superconducting atom chip
Abstract
We evaluate the realization of a novel geometry of a guided atom interferometer based on a high temperature superconducting microstructure. The interferometer type structure is obtained with a guiding potential realized by two current carrying superconducting wires in combination with a closed superconducting loop sustaining a persistent current. We present the layout and realization of our superconducting atom chip. By employing simulations we discuss the critical parameters of the interferometer guide in particular near the splitting regions of the matter waves. Based on measurements of the relevant chip properties we discuss the application of a compact and reliable on-chip atom interferometer.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.1789,
title = {Towards a guided atom interferometer based on a superconducting atom chip},
author = {T. Mueller and X. Wu and A. Mohan and A. Eyvazov and Y. Wu and R. Dumke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1789},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, 7 figures, accepted for New Journal of Physics