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Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2014–2017 (1999)

Guiding Neutral Atoms with a Wire

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Johannes Denschlag, Donatella Cassettari, and Jörg Schmiedmayer
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 2 September 1998; published in the issue dated 8 March 1999

We demonstrate guiding of cold neutral atoms along a current carrying wire. Atoms either move in Kepler-like orbits around the wire or are guided in a potential tube on the side of the wire which is created by applying an additional homogeneous bias field. These atom guides are very versatile and promising for applications in atom optics.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2014
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2014
PACS:
03.75.Be, 32.80.Pj, 39.10.+j, 52.55.-s
 
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