Magnetic guide of cold atoms using a U-shaped current-carrying conductor

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: U-shaped current-carrying conductor single-channel magnetic guide double-channel magnetic guide atom-optical elements
• 年，卷（期）: 2003,（9）
• 页码范围: 955-963
• 页数: 9页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We propose a new scheme to magnetically guide cold neutral atoms using a U-shaped current carrying conductor.The spatial magnetic field distribution from the U-shaped current-carrying conductor and the relationship between the magnetic field and parameters of the U-shaped conductor are analysed.Our study shows that U-shaped current-carrying conductor can be used to realize single-or double-channel magnetic guiding of cold atoms in weak-field-seeking states and to construct wrious atom-optical elements.By using Monte Carlo simulations,the dynamic process of the guided atomic-beam splitting in an atomic-beam splitter composed by the U-shaped current-carrying conductor is studied,and some results are presented.