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Inductively guided circuits for ultracold dressed atoms
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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:49 authored by German Sinuco Leon, Kathryn A Burrows, Aidan S Arnold, Barry M. GarrawayBarry M. GarrawayRecent progress in optics, atomic physics and material science has paved the way to study quantum effects in ultracold atomic alkali gases confined to non-trivial geometries. Multiply connected traps for cold atoms can be prepared by combining inhomogeneous distributions of DC and radio-frequency electromagnetic fields with optical fields that require complex systems for frequency control and stabilization. Here we propose a flexible and robust scheme that creates closed quasi-one-dimensional guides for ultracold atoms through the ‘dressing’ of hyperfine sublevels of the atomic ground state, where the dressing field is spatially modulated by inductive effects over a micro-engineered conducting loop. Remarkably, for commonly used atomic species (for example, 7Li and 87Rb), the guide operation relies entirely on controlling static and low-frequency fields in the regimes of radio-frequency and microwave frequencies. This novel trapping scheme can be implemented with current technology for micro-fabrication and electronic control.
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Devices based on Entanglement in Cold Arrays of Trapped Atoms; G0340; EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL; EP/I010394/1
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Nature CommunicationsISSN
2041-1723Publisher
Nature Publishing GroupExternal DOI
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1Volume
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a5289Department affiliated with
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