Abstract
A microtrap consisting of two concentric circular wire loops having radii of 300 and 660 μm, respectively, is demonstrated. The three-dimensional trap has a maximum depth of more than 1 mK, and the trap center position as measured below the atom chip surface can be adjusted by applying a small-bias magnetic field. More than atoms were transferred into the microtrap from a magneto-optical trap and remained trapped for several hundred milliseconds, which is limited by the background pressure. The loading of a linear array of three microtraps is also demonstrated. The trap dimensions are readily scaled to micrometer size, which is of interest for creating a one- and two-dimensional array of neutral atom traps on a single atom chip.
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