| Using microfabricated conductors on a chip, atomic Bose-Einstein condensates can be trapped and manipulated in close proximity to a solid-state surface. Complex potentials can be created in this way that are not limited to periodic shapes - such as multiple Josephson junction geometries in which both phase and particle number can be directly observed. A fascinating perspective arises with the coupling of a BEC to a solid-state nanodevice. I will present an experiment under way which aims to observe magnetic coupling between a BEC and a nanomechanical resonator. |
|