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Pyramidal micromirrors for microsystems and atom chips

Pyramidal micromirrors for microsystems and atom chips
Pyramidal micromirrors for microsystems and atom chips
Concave pyramids are created in the (100) surface of a silicon wafer by anisotropic etching in potassium hydroxide. High quality micromirrors are then formed by sputtering gold onto the smooth silicon (111) faces of the pyramids. These mirrors show great promise as high quality optical devices suitable for integration into micro-optoelectromechanical systems and atom chips. We have shown that structures of this shape can be used to laser-cool and hold atoms in a magneto-optical trap.
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Gollasch, C.
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Kraft, M.
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Trupke, M., Ramirez-Martinez, F., Curtis, E., Ashmore, J.P., Erikkson, S., Hinds, E., Moktadir, Z., Gollasch, C., Kraft, M., Vijaya Prakash, G. and Baumberg, J.J. (2006) Pyramidal micromirrors for microsystems and atom chips. Applied Physics Letters, 88 (71116), 071116-[3pp]. (doi:10.1063/1.2172412).

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Concave pyramids are created in the (100) surface of a silicon wafer by anisotropic etching in potassium hydroxide. High quality micromirrors are then formed by sputtering gold onto the smooth silicon (111) faces of the pyramids. These mirrors show great promise as high quality optical devices suitable for integration into micro-optoelectromechanical systems and atom chips. We have shown that structures of this shape can be used to laser-cool and hold atoms in a magneto-optical trap.

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Published date: 2006
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 263450
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/263450
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 73139a82-e081-49c2-b2c5-a3f920ae359a

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Date deposited: 15 Feb 2007
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 07:32

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Author: M. Trupke
Author: F. Ramirez-Martinez
Author: E. Curtis
Author: J.P. Ashmore
Author: S. Erikkson
Author: E. Hinds
Author: Z. Moktadir
Author: C. Gollasch
Author: M. Kraft
Author: G. Vijaya Prakash
Author: J.J. Baumberg

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