Controlling cold atoms using nanofabricated surfaces: atom chips
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 applications of cold atoms ranging from atom optics to fundamental questions in mesoscopic physics, and possibly quantum information systems.
Folman
R
Institute fur Experimentalphysik, Universitat Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Kruger
P
Cassettari
D
Hessmo
B
Maier
T
Schmiedmayer
J