Atomic deflection using an adaptive microelectromagnet mirror

被引:47
作者
Johnson, KS [1 ]
Drndic, M [1 ]
Thywissen, JH [1 ]
Zabow, G [1 ]
Westervelt, RM [1 ]
Prentiss, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1137
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have deflected a beam of metastable helium atoms using the inhomogeneous magnetic field above a microfabricated electromagnet mirror. The mirror consisted of a single current-carrying wire in a periodic serpentine pattern on a planar sapphire substrate. A time-dependent current (and magnetic field) synchronized with a pulsed thermal atomic beam was used to compensate for the chromaticity of the deflection. The freedom to fabricate a wide variety of geometries and to employ time-dependent fields make microelectromagnets promising new tools for atom manipulation. [S0031-9007(98)06811-2].
引用
收藏
页码:1137 / 1141
页数:5
相关论文
共 16 条
[11]  
Metcalf H., 1994, Physics Reports, V244, P203, DOI 10.1016/0370-1573(94)90035-3
[12]   ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MIRRORS AND GRATINGS FOR SLOWLY MOVING NEUTRAL ATOMS AND MOLECULES [J].
OPAT, GI ;
WARK, SJ ;
CIMMINO, A .
APPLIED PHYSICS B-PHOTOPHYSICS AND LASER CHEMISTRY, 1992, 54 (05) :396-402
[13]   REALIZATION OF A MAGNETIC-MIRROR FOR COLD ATOMS [J].
ROACH, TM ;
ABELE, H ;
BOSHIER, MG ;
GROSSMAN, HL ;
ZETIE, KP ;
HINDS, EA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1995, 75 (04) :629-632
[14]   Specular reflection of cold caesium atoms from a magnetostatic mirror [J].
Sidorov, AI ;
McLean, RJ ;
Rowlands, WJ ;
Lau, DC ;
Murphy, JE ;
Walkiewicz, M ;
Opat, GI ;
Hannaford, P .
QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS, 1996, 8 (03) :713-725
[15]  
VLADIMIRSKII VV, 1961, SOV PHYS JETP-USSR, V12, P740
[16]   MICROSCOPIC MAGNETIC TRAPS FOR NEUTRAL ATOMS [J].
WEINSTEIN, JD ;
LIBBRECHT, KG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1995, 52 (05) :4004-4009