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Q: Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 26: Fallen und Kühlung I

Q 26.3: Talk

Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 14:30–14:45, HII

Theory of radio-frequency induced adiabatic potentials — •Igor Lesanovsky¹, Thorsten Schumm², Sebastian Hofferberth¹, L. Mauritz Andersson³, Peter Krüger⁴, Bettina Fischer¹, José Verdú¹, and Jörg Schmiedmayer¹ — ¹Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, — ²Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, UMR 8105 du CNRS, F-91403 Orsay, France — ³Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology, — ⁴Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

A radio-frequency field can be used to couple the hyperfine-sublevels of magnetically trapped atoms. In certain parameter regimes the atomic motion can then considered to be subjected to a so-called dressed adiabatic potential. We present the underlying theory and explore potential applications in atom optics and quantum information. We will point out the versatility and flexibility of this new class of potentials and demonstrate how they can be used to build atom optical elements such as double-wells, interferometers and ringtraps. In particular we point out how these elements can be realized in an integrated fashion on atom chips.

[1] I. Lesanovsky et al. physics/0510076 (2005)