Trap** and manipulating ultracold atoms and degenerate quantum gases in magnetic
micropotentials is reviewed. Starting with a comprehensive description of the basic concepts …

We demonstrate time-resolved counting of single atoms extracted from a weakly interacting
Bose-Einstein condensate of R 87 b atoms. The atoms are detected with a high-finesse …

Chiral discrimination that is efficient at detecting tiny amounts of chiral substances,
especially at the single-molecule level, is in great demand. Here, we propose a single-shot …

We describe an experiment in which Bose-Einstein condensates and cold atom clouds are
held by a microscopic magnetic trap near a room-temperature metal wire 500 μ m in …

Many effects in the interaction between atoms and a cavity that are usually described in
quantum mechanical terms (cavity quantum electrodynamics, cavity QED) can be …

We describe a system for long-distance distribution of quantum entanglement, in which
coherent light with large average photon number interacts dispersively with single, far …

We present a microfabricated optical cavity, which combines a very small mode volume with
high finesse. In contrast to other micro-resonators, such as microspheres, the structure we …

We have measured magnetic trap lifetimes of ultra-cold 87 Rb atoms at distances of 5–1000
µm from surfaces of conducting metals with varying resistivity. Good agreement is found with …

The coupling of individual atoms to a high-finesse optical cavity is precisely controlled and
adjusted using a standing-wave dipole-force trap, a challenge for strong atom-cavity …

We present an experiment where a single molecule strongly affects the amplitude and
phase of a laser field emerging from a subwavelength aperture. We achieve a visibility of …