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View SchemaAtom Optics with Microfabricated Optical Elements
| Authors | G. Birkl, F. B. J. Buchkremer, R. Dumke, W. Ertmer |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0012030 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0012030 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01107-5 |
| Journal | Optics Communications, vol. 191, pp. 67 - 81 (2001) |
Abstract
We introduce a new direction in the field of atom optics, atom interferometry, and neutral-atom quantum information processing. It is based on the use of microfabricated optical elements. With these elements versatile and integrated atom optical devices can be created in a compact fashion. This approach opens the possibility to scale, parallelize, and miniaturize atom optics for new investigations in fundamental research and application. It will lead to new, compact sources of ultracold atoms, compact sensors based on matter wave interference and new approaches towards quantum computing with neutral atoms. The exploitation of the unique features of the quantum mechanical behavior of matter waves and the capabilities of powerful state-of-the-art micro- and nanofabrication techniques lend this approach a special attraction.
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