title: Waveguide atom beam splitter for laser-cooled neutral atoms.
abstract: A laser-cooled neutral-atom beam from a low-velocity intense source is split into two beams while it is guided by a magnetic-field potential. We generate our multimode beam-splitter potential with two current-carrying wires upon a glass substrate combined with an external transverse bias field. The atoms are guided around curves and a beam-splitter region within a 10-cm guide length. We achieve a maximum integrated flux of 1.5x10(5)atoms/s with a current density of 5x10(4)amp/cm (2) in the 100-microm -diameter wires. The initial beam can be split into two beams with a 50/50 splitting ratio.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Müller
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Cornell
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Prevedelli
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Schwindt
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Zozulya
authors: D Z
authors: DZ
authors: Anderson