Exploring surface interactions with atom chips

Details Exploring surface interactions with atom chips Exploring surface interactions with atom chips

2005-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512043v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

to be submitted to Rev Mod Phys; comments and additions are welcome!

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We review the current status of the field of atom-surface interactions, with an emphasis on the regimes specific to atom chips. Recent developments in theory and experiment are highlighted. In particular, atom-surface interactions define physical limits for miniaturization and coherent operation. This implies constraints for applications in quantum information processing or matter wave interferometry. We focus on atom-surface interaction potentials induced by vacuum fluctuations (Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces), and on transitions between atomic quantum states that are induced by thermally excited magnetic near fields. Open questions and current challenges are sketched.

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