An atom fiber for guiding cold neutral atoms
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- 25 November 2003
Abstract
We present an omnidirectional matter wave guide on an atom chip. The rotational symmetry of the guide is maintained by a combination of two current carrying wires and a bias field pointing perpendicular to the chip surface. We demonstrate guiding of thermal atoms around more than two complete turns along a spiral shaped 25mm long curved path (curve radii down to 200$\mu$m) at various atom--surface distances (35-450$\mu$m). An extension of the scheme for the guiding of Bose-Einstein condensates is outlined.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2003-11-25, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review A, 72 (2), 023607.
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