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A large variety of trapping and guiding potentials can be designed by bringing cold atoms close to charged or current-carrying material objects. Using a current-carrying wire we demonstrate how to build guides and traps for neutral atoms and using a charged wire we study a 1/r 2 singularity. The simplicity and versatility of the principles demonstrated in our experiments will allow for miniaturization and integration of atom optical elements into matter-wave quantum circuits.
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Received: 13 December 1998 / Revised version: 8 July 1999 / Published online: 8 September 1999
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Denschlag, J., Cassettari, D., Chenet, A. et al. A neutral atom and a wire: towards mesoscopic atom optics. Appl Phys B 69, 291–301 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050809
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050809