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A waveguide atom beamsplitter for laser-cooled neutral atoms

原子物理 2009-11-06 v1

摘要

A laser-cooled neutral-atom beam from a low-velocity intense source is split into two beams while guided by a magnetic-field potential. We generate our multimode-beamsplitter potential with two current-carrying wires on a glass substrate combined with an external transverse bias field. The atoms bend around several curves over a 1010-cm distance. A maximum integrated flux of 1.5105atoms/s1.5\cdot10^{5} \mathrm{atoms/s} is achieved with a current density of 5104Ampere/cm25\cdot10^{4} \mathrm{Ampere/cm^{2}} in the 100-μm\mathrm{\mu m} diameter wires. The initial beam can be split into two beams with a 50/50 splitting ratio.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0003091,
  title  = {A waveguide atom beamsplitter for laser-cooled neutral atoms},
  author = {Dirk Mueller and Eric A. Cornell and Marco Prevedelli and Peter D. D. Schwindt and Dana Z. Anderson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0003091},
  year   = {2009}
}