Cold atoms probe the magnetic field near a wire
Cold atoms probe the magnetic field near a wire
A microscopic Ioffe-Pritchard trap is formed using a straight, current-carrying wire, together with suitable auxiliary magnetic fields. By measuring the distribution of cold rubidium atoms held in this trap, we detect a weak magnetic field component ΔB(z) parallel to the wire. This is produced by the current in the wire and is approximately periodic along the wire with period λ = 230 µm. We have measured this field at distances in the range y = 250-350 µm from the centre of the wire. Over this range we find that the decrease of the field is well described by the Bessel function K1(2πy/γ), as one would expect for the far field of a transversely oscillating current within the wire.
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Jones, M.P.A.
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Vale, C.J.
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Hall, B.V.
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Eberlein, C.C.
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January 2004
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Vale, C.J.
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Sahagun, D.
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Hall, B.V.
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Eberlein, C.C.
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Sauer, B.E.
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Furusawa, K.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Hinds, E.A.
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Jones, M.P.A., Vale, C.J., Sahagun, D., Hall, B.V., Eberlein, C.C., Sauer, B.E., Furusawa, K., Richardson, D.J. and Hinds, E.A.
(2004)
Cold atoms probe the magnetic field near a wire.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, 37 (2), .
(doi:10.1088/0953-4075/37/2/L01).
Abstract
A microscopic Ioffe-Pritchard trap is formed using a straight, current-carrying wire, together with suitable auxiliary magnetic fields. By measuring the distribution of cold rubidium atoms held in this trap, we detect a weak magnetic field component ΔB(z) parallel to the wire. This is produced by the current in the wire and is approximately periodic along the wire with period λ = 230 µm. We have measured this field at distances in the range y = 250-350 µm from the centre of the wire. Over this range we find that the decrease of the field is well described by the Bessel function K1(2πy/γ), as one would expect for the far field of a transversely oscillating current within the wire.
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