• DocumentCode
    2888656
  • Title

    Microcavities on atom chips for single-atom detection

  • Author

    Haase, Albrecht ; Schwarz, Michael ; Wuzbach, M. ; Schmiedmayer, Jörg ; Liu, Xiyuan ; Brenner, Karl-Heinz ; Hessmo, Bjorn ; Horak, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Inst., Heidelberg Univ., Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    354
  • Abstract
    To demonstrate the feasibility of detecting magnetically trapped neutral atoms with "bad" cavities, a macroscopic nearly concentric cavity is built. Using this cavity,atoms guided with a free-standing current-carrying wire are detected.
  • Keywords
    atom optics; magnetic traps; micro-optics; microcavities; atom chips; free-standing current-carrying wire; magnetic trap; microcavities; single-atom detection; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Coatings; Detectors; Face detection; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567519
  • Filename
    1567519