Thermally induced spin flips above an atom chip

Details Thermally induced spin flips above an atom chip Thermally induced spin flips above an atom chip

2003-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0301018v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

We describe an experiment in which Bose-Einstein condensates and cold atom clouds are held by a microscopic magnetic trap near a room temperature metal wire 500 $\mu$m in diameter. The ensemble of atoms breaks into fragments when it is brought close to the ceramic-coated aluminum surface of the wire, showing that fragmentation is not peculiar to copper surfaces. The lifetime for atoms to remain in the microtrap is measured over a range of distances down to $27 \mu$m from the surface of the metal. We observe the loss of atoms from the microtrap due to spin flips. These are induced by radio-frequency thermal fluctuations of the magnetic field near the surface, as predicted but not previously observed.

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