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Waveguide Atom Beam Splitter for Laser-Cooled Neutral Atoms
Published
Author(s)
D Muller, Eric A. Cornell, M Prevedelli, P Schwindt, A A. Zozulya, D Z. Anderson
Abstract
A laser-cooled neutral-atom beam from a low-velocity intense source is split into two beams while it is guided by a magnetic-field potential. We generate our multimode beam-splitter potential with two current-carrying wires upon a glass substrate combined with an external transverse bias field. The atoms are guided around curves and a beam-splitter region within a 10-cm guide length. We achieve a maximum integrated flux of 1.5 x 105 atoms/s with a current density of 5 x 104 amp/cm2 in the 100- m-diameter wires. The initial beam can be split into two beams with a 50/50 splitting ratio.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
25
Issue
No. 18
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
guiding neutral atoms, laser cooling
Citation
Muller, D.
, Cornell, E.
, Prevedelli, M.
, Schwindt, P.
, Zozulya, A.
and Anderson, D.
(2000),
Waveguide Atom Beam Splitter for Laser-Cooled Neutral Atoms, Optics Letters
(Accessed October 8, 2025)