title: Integrated magneto-optical traps on a chip using silicon pyramid structures.
abstract: We have integrated magneto-optical traps (MOTs) into an atom chip by etching pyramids into a silicon wafer. These have been used to trap atoms on the chip, directly from a room temperature vapor of rubidium. This new atom trapping method provides a simple way to integrate several atom sources on the same chip. It represents a substantial advance in atom chip technology and offers new possibilities for atom chip applications such as integrated single atom or photon sources and molecules on a chip.
authors: The Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London. j.cotter@imperial.ac.uk
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Pollock
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Cotter
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Laliotis
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Hinds
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D008027:Light; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D052898:Optical Tweezers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D018511:Systems Integration
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon