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Ring trap for ultracold atoms

2006; American Physical Society; Volume: 74; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physreva.74.023617

1538-4446

Olivier Morizot, Yves Colombe, V. Lorent, Hélène Perrin, B. M. Garraway,

Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

We propose a new kind of toroidal trap, designed for ultracold atoms. It relies on a combination of a magnetic trap for rf-dressed atoms, which creates a bubble-like trap, and a standing wave of light. This new trap is well suited for investigating questions of low dimensionality in a ring potential. We study the trap characteristics for a set of experimentally accessible parameters. A loading procedure from a conventional magnetic trap is also proposed. The flexible nature of this new ring trap, including an adjustable radius and adjustable transverse oscillation frequencies, will allow the study of superfluidity in variable geometries and dimensionalities.