Title : 
Understanding and improving atom chips
         
        
            Author : 
Westbrook, Chris
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Optique, CNRS, Orsay, France
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The origin of this fragmentation which is found to be due to the magnetic field roughness created by corrugations of the edges of the wires studied.
         
        
            Keywords : 
atom optics; magneto-optical effects; atom chips; fragmentation; magnetic field roughness; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Clouds; Energy consumption; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Optical waveguides; Robustness; Wire;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8973-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567389