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Interferometer-Type Structures for Guided Atoms

R. Dumke, T. Muether, M. Volk, W. Ertmer, G. Birkl

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0210034

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate interferometer-type guiding structures for neutral atoms based on dipole potentials created by micro-fabricated optical systems. As a central element we use an array of atom waveguides being formed by focusing a red-detuned laser beam with an array of cylindrical microlenses. Combining two of these arrays, we realize X-shaped beam splitters and more complex systems like the geometries for Mach-Zehnder and Michelson-type interferometers for atoms.

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