Trapping of ultra-cold atoms with the magnetic field of vortices in a thin-film superconducting micro-structure

• Main Authors: Müller, T., Zhang, B., Fermani, R., Chan, K. S., Wang, Z. W., Zhang, C. B., Lim, M. J., Dumke, R.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101869; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18791
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We store and control ultra-cold atoms in a new type of trap using the magnetic fields of vortices in a high-temperature superconducting micro-structure. We generate the attractive trapping potential for the atoms by combining the magnetic field of a superconductor in the remanent state with externa...