A two wire waveguide and interferometer for cold atoms
原子物理
2009-11-06 v1
摘要
A versatile miniature de Broglie waveguide is formed by two parallel current-carrying wires in the presence of a uniform bias field. We derive a variety of analytical expressions to describe the guide and present a quantum theory to show that it offers a remarkable range of possibilities for atom manipulation on the sub-micron scale. These include controlled and coherent splitting of the wavefunction as well as cooling, trapping and guiding. In particular we discuss a novel microscopic atom interferometer with the potential to be exceedingly sensitive.
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/0009096,
title = {A two wire waveguide and interferometer for cold atoms},
author = {E. A. Hinds and C. J. Vale and M. G. Boshier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0009096},
year = {2009}
}
备注
17 pages, 5 figures, PDF