Fabrication of magnetooptical atom traps on a chip

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-353

  Lewis, Gareth Neil ^a   Moktadir, Zakaria ^a   Gollasch, C ^a   Kraft, Michael ^a   Pollock, Samuel ^b   Ramirez Martinez, Fernando ^b   Ashmore, J P ^b   Laliotis, A ^b   Trupke, M ^b   Hinds, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atom chips; Cavity patterning; Electrophoretic resist; Magnetooptical traps (MOTs)

Indexed keywords

ATOM CHIPS; ATOM TRAPS; CAVITY PATTERNING; ELECTROPHORETIC RESIST; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS (MOTS); MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; PYRAMIDAL MIRRORS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; ULTRACOLD ATOMS; WIRE LOOPS;

MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS;

ATOMS;

EID: 67349096310     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.2007200     Document Type: Article

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