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By placing changeable nanofabricated structures (wires, dots, etc.) on an atom mirror one can design guiding and trapping potentials for atoms. These potentials are similar to the electrostatic potentials which trap and guide electrons in semiconductor quantum devices like quantum wires and quantum dots. This technique will allow the fabrication of nanoscale atom optical devices.
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Received: 28 October 1997 / Revised: 17 February 1998 / Accepted: 17 July 1998
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Schmiedmayer, J. Quantum wires and quantum dots for neutral atoms. Eur. Phys. J. D 4, 57–62 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050184
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