Atoms and wires: toward atom chips

Author

Bartenstein, Markus ; Cassettari, Donatella ; Calarco, Tommaso ; Chenet, Alexander ; Folman, Ron ; Brugger, Karolina ; Haase, Albrecht ; Hartungen, Eugen ; Hessmo, Björn ; Kasper, Alexander ; Krüger, Peter ; Maier, Thomas ; Payr, Fritz ; Schneider, Stepha

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Experimentalphys., Innsbruck Univ., Austria

Volume

36

Issue

12

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1364

Lastpage

1377

Abstract

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 application of cold atoms ranging from atom optics to fundamental questions in mesoscopic physics, and possibly quantum information systems.

Keywords

atom-photon collisions; mesoscopic systems; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; particle optics; particle traps; quantum optics; radiation pressure; atom chips; atom optics; atoms; cold atoms; fundamental questions; guided atoms; mesoscopic physics; nanofabricated wires; quantum information proposals; quantum information systems; surfaces; trapped atoms; wires; Atom optics; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electron traps; Hip; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Proposals; Quantum computing; Robustness; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.892555

Filename

892555