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A moving magnetic mirror to slow down a bunch of atoms

Gaël Reinaudi, Zhaoying Wang, Antoine Couvert, Thierry Lahaye, David Guéry-Odelin

cond-mat.otherarXiv:cond-mat/0608710

Abstract

A fast packet of cold atoms is coupled into a magnetic guide and subsequently slowed down by reflection on a magnetic potential barrier ('mirror') moving along the guide. A detailed characterization of the resulting decelerated packet is performed. We show also how this technique can be used to generate a continuous and intense flux of slow, magnetically guided atoms.

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