Two-wire waveguide and interferometer for cold atoms

被引：133

作者：

Hinds, EA ^{[1
]}

Vale, CJ ^{[1
]}

Boshier, MG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sussex, Sussex Ctr Opt & Atom Phys, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 86卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1462

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

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 submicron scale. These include controlled and coherent splitting of the wave function 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

页码：1462 / 1465

页数：4

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