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Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4749 - 4752 (2000)

Controlling Cold Atoms using Nanofabricated Surfaces: Atom Chips

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Ron Folman1, Peter Krüger1, Donatella Cassettari1, Björn Hessmo1,2, Thomas Maier3, and Jörg Schmiedmayer1
1Institute für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
2Department of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala University, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
3Institute für Festkörperelektronik, Floragasse 7, A-1040 Wien, Austria

Featured in Physics News Update Received 20 December 1999

Atoms can be trapped and guided using nanofabricated wires on surfaces, achieving the scales required by quantum information proposals. These atom chips form the basis for robust and widespread applications of cold atoms ranging from atom optics to fundamental questions in mesoscopic physics, and possibly quantum information systems.


©2000 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4749
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4749
PACS: 81.05.Ys, 03.65.Nk, 03.75.Be

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