title: Interferometer-type structures for guided atoms.
abstract: We experimentally demonstrate interferometer-type guiding structures for neutral atoms based on dipole potentials created by microfabricated optical systems. As a central element we use an array of atom waveguides being formed by focusing a red-detuned laser beam with an array of cylindrical microlenses. Combining two of these arrays, we realize X-shaped beam splitters and more complex systems like the geometries for Mach-Zehnder and Michelson-type interferometers for atoms.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dumke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müther
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ertmer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birkl