Sinuco-León, German A, Burrows, Kathryn A, Arnold, Aidan S and Garraway, Barry M (2014) Inductively guided circuits for ultracold dressed atoms. Nature Communications, 5. p. 5289. ISSN 2041-1723
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Abstract
Recent progress in optics, atomic physics and material science has paved the way to study quantum effects in ultracold atomic alkali gases confined to non-trivial geometries. Multiply connected traps for cold atoms can be prepared by combining inhomogeneous distributions of DC and radio-frequency electromagnetic fields with optical fields that require complex systems for frequency control and stabilization. Here we propose a flexible and robust scheme that creates closed quasi-one-dimensional guides for ultracold atoms through the ‘dressing’ of hyperfine sublevels of the atomic ground state, where the dressing field is spatially modulated by inductive effects over a micro-engineered conducting loop. Remarkably, for commonly used atomic species (for example, 7Li and 87Rb), the guide operation relies entirely on controlling static and low-frequency fields in the regimes of radio-frequency and microwave frequencies. This novel trapping scheme can be implemented with current technology for micro-fabrication and electronic control.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics > QC0170 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics |
Depositing User: | Catrina Hey |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2014 11:57 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 15:51 |
URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/50756 |
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Devices based on Entanglement in Cold Arrays of Trapped Atoms | G0340 | EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL | EP/I010394/1 |