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Atom Optics: Magnetic Conveyor Belt

conveyor belt

Photo showing the geometry of a lithographic conductor pattern atop a substrate. The conductors create a series of potential wells which can transport and position tiny atom clouds.

Reported by: Hansel et al., Physics Review Letters, 12 January, 2001.

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