David Meyer, University of California, San Diego
Hartmut Haeffner, University of California, Berkeley
Rob Spekkens (Perimeter Institute), Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
Steven Bennett, Harvard
Joel Wallman, The University of Sydney
James Martin, University of Waterloo
"Atom chips" allow the manipulation of ultra-cold laser cooled atoms using micro fabricated wire structures. Current carrying wires on the chip surface generate inhomogeneous magnetic fields, allowing cold atoms to be held by the same forces as those in the famous Stern-Gerlach experiment. By varying the wire currents atoms can be squeezed into small volumes, and put at specific distances relative to surfaces.
Keith Lee, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
Wei Cui, University of Toronto
Kavan Modi, University of Oxford
Xuedong Hu, University of Buffalo