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
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