Reconfigurable self-sufficient traps for ultracold atoms based on a superconducting square

• Main Authors: Siercke, M., Chan, K. S., Zhang, B., Beian, M., Lim, M. J., Dumke, R.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94722; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9094
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report on the trapping of ultracold atoms in the magnetic field formed entirely by persistent supercurrents induced in a thin film type-II superconducting square. The supercurrents are carried by vortices induced in the two-dimensional (2D) structure by applying two magnetic field pulses of varyi...