Fabrication of an Atom Chip for Rydberg Atom-Metal Surface Interaction Studies
This thesis outlines the fabrication of two atom chips for the study of interactions between ⁸⁷Rb Rydberg atoms and a Au surface. Atom chips yield tightly confined, cold samples of an atomic species by generating magnetic fields with high gradients using microfabricated current-carrying wires. These...
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| Language: | en |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3374 |