Atom guiding along Laguerre-Gaussian and Bessel light beams

We study and analyse the optical dipole potential for guiding atoms in vari ous forms of both Laguerre-Gaussian and Bessel light bt:ams, We find that L aguerre-Gaussian beams of high azimuthal index are advantageous for focusin g atoms. We identify that high-order Bessel beams offer significant advanta ges fur atom transport over extended distances when compared to Laguerre-Ga ussian light beams. Possible future experimental methods to channel atoms i nto a high-order Bessel beam via a Laguerre-Gaussian light beam are discuss ed.