Eberlein, C.C., Jones, M.P.A., Vale, C.J., Sahagun, D., Hall, B.V., Sauer, B.E., Furusawa, K ., Richardson, D. and Hinds, E.A. (2003) Cold atoms probe the magnetic field near a wire. Journal of Physics B, 37. ISSN 0953-4075

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Abstract

A microscopic Ioffe–Pritchard trap is formed using a straight, current-carrying wire, together with suitable auxiliary magnetic fields. By measuring the distribution of cold rubidium atoms held in this trap, we detect a weak magnetic field component ΔBz parallel to the wire. This is produced by the current in the wire and is approximately periodic along the wire with period λ = 230 µm. We have measured this field at distances in the range y = 250–350 µm from the centre of the wire. Over this range we find that the decrease of the field is well described by the Bessel function K1(2πy/λ), as one would expect for the far field of a transversely oscillating current within the wire.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Cold atoms magnetic field
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Gemma Farrell
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2017 02:46
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1601
Google Scholar:	44 Citations

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