原子漏斗及其应用

Atom funnels and their applications

文章简单介绍了磁、光原子漏斗的基本原理,详细综述了各种原子漏斗方案及其实验结果.这些漏斗方案主要包括采用红失谐高斯光束、蓝失谐消逝波光场和空心光束串联而成的光学原子漏斗,采用载流导线的静磁原子漏斗以及采用磁光凝胶构成的磁光原子漏斗.文章最后还简单介绍了原子漏斗在原子光学领域中的潜在应用.

The basic principles of magnetic and optical atom funnels are introduced and the schemes and experimental results of various funnels are reviewed in some detail. These include optical funnels using a focused red-detuned Gaussian beam, blue-detuned evanescent-light wave and blue-detuned hollow beam, magnetic funnels with current-carrying wires, and certain magneto-optical funnels using magneto-optical molasses techniques. Finally, some potential applications of these funnels in atom optics are briefly described.