Interferometer-type structures for guided atoms.
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چکیده
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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 89 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002