A neutral atom and a thin wire: on the road to mesoscopic atom optics
Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Jörg Schmiedmayer
Summary form only given.Cooling and trapping techniques developed in recent years allow for the preparation of cold and dense samples of neutral atoms with a typical deBroglie wavelength of the order of 100 nm or larger, which is in the range of modern nanofabrication technology. In our work we study the motion of cold neutral atoms in potentials that are produced by thin material filaments . In particular, we will discuss the interactions suitable for guiding and trapping neutral atoms/molecules.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics•Nov 27, 2002•1 citation