eprintid: 10086650 rev_number: 18 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/66/50 datestamp: 2020-02-04 09:10:28 lastmod: 2022-01-18 23:40:50 status_changed: 2020-02-04 09:10:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Sinclair, CDJ creators_name: Retter, JA creators_name: Curtis, EA creators_name: Hall, BV creators_name: Garcia, IL creators_name: Eriksson, S creators_name: Sauer, BE creators_name: Hinds, EA title: Cold atoms in videotape micro-traps ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: B04 divisions: C06 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: 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. date: 2005-08-01 date_type: published publisher: SPRINGER official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00088-6 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 138655 doi: 10.1140/epjd/e2005-00088-6 lyricists_name: Llorente Garcia, Isabel lyricists_name: Sinclair, Christopher lyricists_id: ILLOR45 lyricists_id: CSINC55 actors_name: Llorente Garcia, Isabel actors_id: ILLOR45 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics volume: 35 number: 1 pagerange: 105-110 pages: 6 citation: Sinclair, CDJ; Retter, JA; Curtis, EA; Hall, BV; Garcia, IL; Eriksson, S; Sauer, BE; Sinclair, CDJ; Retter, JA; Curtis, EA; Hall, BV; Garcia, IL; Eriksson, S; Sauer, BE; Hinds, EA; - view fewer <#> (2005) Cold atoms in videotape micro-traps. The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics , 35 (1) pp. 105-110. 10.1140/epjd/e2005-00088-6 <https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd%2Fe2005-00088-6>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086650/1/0502073v1.pdf