2003/06/17 by P. Krüger, X. Luo, Xiaojia Luo +12 · 87 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Electric field #Electron #Electrostatics #Energetic neutral atom #Magnetic field #Magnetic trap #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Thermal #Trapping #Ultracold atom #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.91.233201
published in Physical Review Letters 91(23), 233201 (American Physical Society) · 4 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2003/06/17 · openalex publication_date 2003/12/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We report on experiments with cold thermal (7)Li atoms confined in combined magnetic and electric potentials. A novel type of three-dimensional trap was formed by modulating a magnetic guide using electrostatic fields. We observed atoms trapped in a string of up to six individual such traps, a controlled transport of an atomic cloud over a distance of 400 microm, and a dynamic splitting of a single trap into a double well potential. Applications for quantum information processing are discussed.