High Efficiency Quadrupole Magnetic Trap Transport in Single Chamber Atom Chip System

Cheng Jun; Xu Xinping; Zhang Jingfang; Chen Yushui; Zhang Haichao; Wang Yuzhu

doi:10.3788/aos201636.1202001

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