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Waveguide atom beam splitter for laser-cooled neutral atoms
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A laser-cooled neutral-atom beam from a low-velocity intense source is split into two beams while guided by a magnetic-field potential. We generate our multimode-beamsplitter potential with two current-carrying wires on a glass substrate combined with an external transverse bias field. The atoms bend around several curves over a 10-cm distance. A maximum integrated flux of 1.5·10^5atoms/s is achieved with a current density of 5·10^4Ampere/cm^2 in the 100-μ m diameter wires. The initial beam can
doi:10.1364/ol.25.001382
pmid:18066224
fatcat:pkzxgljktnfj5px7ssqnafk7pm