Trapping and manipulating neutral atoms with electrostatic fields -: art. no. 233201

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作者：

Krüger, P

Luo, X

Klein, MW

Brugger, K

Haase, A

Wildermuth, S

Groth, S

Bar-Joseph, I

Folman, R

Schmiedmayer, J

机构：

[1] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Condensed Matter Phys, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2003年 / 91卷 / 23期

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.233201

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report on experiments with cold thermal Li-7 atoms confined in combined magnetic and electric potentials. A novel type of three-dimensional trap was formed by modulating a magnetic guide using electrostatic fields. We observed atoms trapped in a string of up to six individual such traps, a controlled transport of an atomic cloud over a distance of 400 mum, and a dynamic splitting of a single trap into a double well potential. Applications for quantum information processing are discussed.

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页码：233201 / 233201

页数：4

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