Title :
Engineering atom chips
Author_Institution :
School of Electronics and Computer Science, Southampton University, UK
Abstract :
Atom Chips are a new and exciting technology that enable the manipulation of atoms close to a chip surface. These chips combine cold atom physics with MEMS microfabrication techniques to create electric, magnetic and optical fields to trap and manipulate ultra-cold atom clouds.
Keywords :
Atom optics; Charge carrier processes; Clouds; Computer science; Electron traps; Micromechanical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Physics; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2009. NEMS 2009. 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4629-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4630-8
DOI :
10.1109/NEMS.2009.5068794
