𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Laser nanotraps and nanotweezers for cold atoms: 3D gradient dipole force trap in the vicinity of scanning near-field optical microscope tip

✍ Scribed by V.V. Klimov; S.K. Sekatskii; G. Dietler


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
533 KB
Volume
259
Category
Article
ISSN
0030-4018

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


Using a two-dipole model of an optical near-field of scanning near-field optical microscope tip, i.e., taking into account contributions of magnetic and electric dipoles, we propose and analyze a new type of 3D optical nanotrap found for certain relations between electric and magnetic dipoles. Electric field attains a minimum value in vacuum in the vicinity of the tip and hence such a trap is quite suitable for manipulations with cold atoms.