Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 233201 (2003) [4 pages]Trapping and Manipulating Neutral Atoms with Electrostatic FieldsReceived 17 June 2003; published 2 December 2003 We report on experiments with cold thermal 7Li atoms confined in combined magnetic and electric potentials. A novel type of three-dimensional trap was formed by modulating a magnetic guide using electrostatic fields. We observed atoms trapped in a string of up to six individual such traps, a controlled transport of an atomic cloud over a distance of 400 μm, and a dynamic splitting of a single trap into a double well potential. Applications for quantum information processing are discussed. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.233201
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.233201
PACS:
39.90.+d, 03.75.Be
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