Matter-wave interferometry close to the surface of an atom-chip

Seminar

Matter-wave interferometry on atom-chips has been around for a decade. Several groups around the world are now operating such devices based on different methods for splitting such as light, RF, and MW fields. In this talk I will present new methods developed in our group based on static magnetic fields [1,2]. I will describe the details of the techniques and possible applications in fundamental studies and technology. [1] Coherent Stern–Gerlach momentum splitting on an atom chip S. Machluf, Y. Japha, R. Folman Nature Communications 4, 2424 (2013) [2] Long spatial coherence times a few micro-meters from a room temperature surface S. Zhou, D. Groswasser, M. Keil, Y. Japha, R. Folman arXiv:1502.01605 [quant-ph] (2015)

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