%0 Journal Article
%A Sinclair, CDJ
%A Retter, JA
%A Curtis, EA
%A Hall, BV
%A Garcia, IL
%A Eriksson, S
%A Sauer, BE
%A Hinds, EA
%D 2005
%F discovery:10086650
%I SPRINGER
%J The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
%N 1
%P 105-110
%T Cold atoms in videotape micro-traps
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086650/
%V 35
%X We describe an array of microscopic atom traps formed by a pattern of magnetisation on a piece of videotape. We describe the way in which cold atoms are loaded into one of these micro-traps and how the trapped atom cloud is used to explore the properties of the trap. Evaporative cooling in the micro-trap down to a temperature of 1 μK allows us to probe the smoothness of the trapping potential and reveals some inhomogeneity produced by the magnetic film. We discuss future prospects for atom chips based on microscopic permanent-magnet structures.
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