SCHRODINGER MODAL STRUCTURE OF CUBICAL, PYRAMIDAL, AND CONICAL, EVANESCENT LIGHT-WAVE GRAVITATIONAL ATOM TRAPS

Authors
DOWLING JP GEABANACLOCHE J
Citation
Jp. Dowling et J. Geabanacloche, SCHRODINGER MODAL STRUCTURE OF CUBICAL, PYRAMIDAL, AND CONICAL, EVANESCENT LIGHT-WAVE GRAVITATIONAL ATOM TRAPS, Physical review. A, 52(5), 1995, pp. 3997-4003
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
52
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3997 - 4003
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1995)52:5<3997:SMSOCP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We investigate the modal structure of Schrodinger's equation in severa l evanescent light-wave gravitational traps. Three configurations are proposed that optically confine an atom inside an atom-mirror cavity: a cubical, a pyramidal, and a conical gravitational trap.