Superconducting atom chips: advantages and challenges
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Superconducting atom chips: advantages and challenges
Superconductors are considered in view of applications to atom chip devices. The main features of magnetic traps based on superconducting wires in the Meissner and mixed states are discussed. The former state may mainly be interesting for improved atom optics, while in the latter, cold atoms may provide a probe of superconductor phenomena. The properties of a magnetic side guide based on a sing...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Physical Journal D
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1434-6060,1434-6079
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2008-00261-5