Schrödinger modal structure of cubical, pyramidal, and conical, evanescent light-wave gravitational atom traps

Jonathan P. Dowling and Julio Gea-Banacloche
Phys. Rev. A 52, 3997 – Published 1 November 1995
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Abstract

We investigate the modal structure of Schrödinger’s equation in several 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.

  • Received 4 August 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.52.3997

©1995 American Physical Society

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Jonathan P. Dowling

  • Weapons Sciences Directorate, AMSMI-RD-WS-ST, Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5248

Julio Gea-Banacloche

  • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

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Vol. 52, Iss. 5 — November 1995

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