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most citedTrapping cold atoms near carbon nanotubes: thermal spin flips and Casimir-Polder potential

50 citations · 206 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.atom-ph2010★ 15 cited

Design of magnetic traps for neutral atoms with vortices in type-II superconducting micro-structures

B. Zhang, R. Fermani, T. Mueller +2

We design magnetic traps for atoms based on the average magnetic field of vortices induced in a type-II superconducting thin film. This magnetic field is the critical ingredient of…

physics.atom-ph2010★ 26 cited

Programmable trap geometries with superconducting atom chips

T. Mueller, B. Zhang, R. Fermani +3

We employ the hysteretic behavior of a superconducting thin film in the remanent state to generate different traps and flexible magnetic potentials for ultra-cold atoms. The trap g…

physics.atom-ph2009★ 13 cited

Heating rate and spin flip lifetime due to near field noise in layered superconducting atom chips

Rachele Fermani, Tobias Mueller, Bo Zhang +2

We theoretically investigate the heating rate and spin flip lifetimes due to near field noise for atoms trapped close to layered superconducting structures. In particular, we compa…

physics.atom-ph2009★ 35 cited

Trapping of ultra-cold atoms with the magnetic field of vortices in a thin film superconducting micro-structure

T. Müller, B. Zhang, R. Fermani +5

We store and control ultra-cold atoms in a new type of trap using magnetic fields of vortices in a high temperature superconducting micro-structure. This is the first time ultra-co…

quant-ph2009★ 4 cited

Screening of electromagnetic field fluctuations by s--wave and d--wave superconductors

Rachele Fermani, Stefan Scheel

We investigate theoretically the shielding of the electromagnetic field fluctuations by s-wave and d-wave superconductors within the framework of macroscopic quantum electrodynamic…

quant-ph2007★ 50 cited

Trapping cold atoms near carbon nanotubes: thermal spin flips and Casimir-Polder potential

Rachele Fermani, Stefan Scheel, Peter L. Knight

We investigate the possibility to trap ultracold atoms near the outside of a metallic carbon nanotube (CN) which we imagine to use as a miniaturized current-carrying wire. We calcu…