Atom trapping with a thin magnetic film
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We have created a Rb Bose-Einstein condensate in a magnetic trapping potential produced by a hard disk platter written with a periodic pattern. Cold atoms were loaded from an optical dipole trap and then cooled to BEC on the surface with radiofrequency evaporation. Fragmentation of the atomic cloud due to imperfections in the magnetic structure was observed at distances closer than 40 m from the surface. Attempts to use the disk as an atom mirror showed dispersive effects after reflection.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0608370,
title = {Atom trapping with a thin magnetic film},
author = {Micah Boyd and Erik W. Streed and Patrick Medley and Gretchen K. Campbell and Jongchul Mun and Wolfgang Ketterle and David E. Pritchard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0608370},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures