Planar trap for magnetic atoms
A magnetic trap using printed circuit traces plus a bias magnetic field. The yellow vertical line is the axis along which the field is plotted (in a separate window, not shown here). The blue structures are contours of atomic potential.
reference: "Microscopic Magnetic Traps for Neutral Atoms,"
J. D. Weinstein and K. G. Libbrecht, Phys. Rev. A 52, 4004 (1995).
Atom chips are under development. Here are a few links:
