Abstract
Laser-cooled neutral atoms from a low-velocity atomic source are guided via a magnetic field generated between two parallel wires on a glass substrate. The atoms bend around three curves, each with a 15-cm radius of curvature, while traveling along a 10-cm-long track. A maximum flux of is achieved with a current density of in the - -cross-section wires. The kinetic energy of the guided atoms in one transverse dimension is measured to be .
- Received 13 August 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5194
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