Phys. Rev. A 52, 3997 - 4003 (1995)Schrödinger modal structure of cubical, pyramidal, and conical, evanescent light-wave gravitational atom traps |
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Jonathan P. Dowling
Weapons Sciences Directorate, AMSMI-RD-WS-ST, Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5248
Julio Gea-Banacloche
Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Received 4 August 1995
We investigate the modal structure of Schrödinger’s equation in several evanescent light-wave gravitational traps. Three configurations are proposed that optically confine an atom inside an atom-mirror cavity: a cubical, a pyramidal, and a conical gravitational trap.
©1995 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v52/p3997
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.52.3997
PACS: 03.65.Ge, 32.80.Pj, 33.80.Ps, 42.50.Vk
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