Microtraps and Atom Chips: Toolboxes for Cold Atom Physics

摘要

Magnetic microtraps and Atom Chips are safe, small-scale, reliable andflexible tools to prepare ultra-cold and degenerate atom clouds as sources forvarious atom-optical experiments. We present an overview of the possibilitiesof the devices and indicate how a microtrap can be used to prepare and launch aBose-Einstein condensate for use in an atom clock or an interferometer.