Abstract
We report on experiments with cold thermal atoms confined in combined magnetic and electric potentials. A novel type of three-dimensional trap was formed by modulating a magnetic guide using electrostatic fields. We observed atoms trapped in a string of up to six individual such traps, a controlled transport of an atomic cloud over a distance of , and a dynamic splitting of a single trap into a double well potential. Applications for quantum information processing are discussed.
- Received 17 June 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.233201
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