Published June 2002 | Version v1
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Double-well magnetic trap for Bose-Einstein condensates

Creators

  • 1. Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Physics Department, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin (New Zealand)

Description

We present a magnetic trapping scheme for neutral atoms based on a hybrid of Ioffe-Pritchard and time-averaged orbiting potential traps. The resulting double-well magnetic potential has readily controllable barrier height and well separation. This offers a new tool for studying the behavior of Bose condensates in double-well potentials, and in particular for atom optics and interferometry. We formulate a description for the potential of this magnetic trap and discuss practical issues such as loading with atoms, evaporative cooling and manipulating the potential

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.063406;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0108169v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 063406-063406.8
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36038247
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION PRESSURE; TRAPPING; TRAPS
Descriptors DEC
COOLING; MECHANICS

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Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society