Beam splitter for guided atoms

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作者：
Cassettari, D [1 ]
Hessmo, B
Folman, R
Maier, T
Schmiedmayer, J
机构：
[1] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Expt Phys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[2] Univ Heidelberg, Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Uppsala Univ, Dept Quantum Chem, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
[4] Inst Festkorperelekt, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 85卷 / 26期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5483
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We have designed and experimentally studied a simple beam splitter for guided atoms realized with a current carrying Y-shaped wire nanofabricated on a surface (atom chip). Such a Y-configuration beam splitter has many advantages compared to conventional designs based on tunneling, especially that it will enable robust beam splitting. This and other similar designs can be integrated into more sophisticated surface-mounted atom optical devices at the mesoscopic scale.
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页码：5483 / 5487
页数：5
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