2016/05/16 by Mark Keil, Omer Amit, Shuyu Zhou +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09500340.2016.1178820
44 pages, 36 figures, 389 references, table of contents, list of abbreviations
arxiv created 2016/05/16 · arxiv updated 2016/08/24
Here we review the field of atom chips in the context of Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) as well as cold matter in general. Twenty years after the first realization of the BEC and fifteen years after the realization of the atom chip, the latter has been found to enable extraordinary feats: from producing BECs at a rate of several per second, through the realization of matter-wave interferometry, and all the way to novel probing of surfaces and new forces. In addition, technological applications are also being intensively pursued. This review will describe these developments and more, including new ideas which have not yet been realized.