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View SchemaA two wire waveguide and interferometer for cold atoms
| Authors | E. A. Hinds, C. J. Vale, M. G. Boshier |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0009096 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0009096 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1462 |
Abstract
A versatile miniature de Broglie waveguide is formed by two parallel current-carrying wires in the presence of a uniform bias field. We derive a variety of analytical expressions to describe the guide and present a quantum theory to show that it offers a remarkable range of possibilities for atom manipulation on the sub-micron scale. These include controlled and coherent splitting of the wavefunction as well as cooling, trapping and guiding. In particular we discuss a novel microscopic atom interferometer with the potential to be exceedingly sensitive.
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