Trapping and manipulating neutral atoms with electrostatic fields
Preprint
- 17 June 2003
Abstract
We report on experiments with cold thermal $^7$Li 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$\mu$m, and a dynamic splitting of a single trap into a double well potential. Applications for quantum information processing are discussed.Keywords
All Related Versions
- Version 1, 2003-06-17, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 91 (23), 233201.
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: