Microtraps and Atom Chips : Toolboxes for cold atom physics

• Magnetic microtraps and Atom Chips are safe, small-scale, reliable and flexible tools to prepare ultra-cold and degenerate atom clouds as sources for various atom-optical experiments. We present an overview of the possibilities of the devices and indicate how a microtrap can be used to prepare and launch a Bose-Einstein condensate for use in an atom clock or an interferometer.

Keyword

microtraps

Atom Chips

Bose-Einstein condensation

atom interferometers

atom clocks

bose-einstein condensation

neutral atoms

gas

micromanipulation

fountain

optics

traps

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