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Nature Physics 2, 661 - 662 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys426

Subject Categories: Atomic and molecular physics | Techniques and instrumentation

Atom optics: Atom interferometry on a chip

Alexander Cronin1

  1. Alexander Cronin is in the Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 1118 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. e-mail: cronin@physics.arizona.edu


Atom-waves interferometers are becoming ever more compact. A new way of coherently splitting atom waves, based on radiofrequency fields, could extend the capabilities of these miniature atom traps.

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