Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

This review describes the methods of trapping cold atoms in electromagnetic fields and in
the combined electromagnetic and gravity fields. We discuss first the basic types of the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses optical dipole traps for neutral atoms. Methods
for storage and trapping of charged and neutral particles have very often served as the …

One of the most profound revolutions brought about by quantum mechanics is that it does
away with the distinction between waves and particles: atoms, in particular, can exhibit all …

We have used optical forces to guide atoms through hollow-core optical fibers. Laser light is
launched into the hollow region of a glass capillary fiber and guided by grazing-incidence …

A curved mirror for atoms was made from an evanescent wave, formed by internal reflection
of a quasiresonant laser beam at a curved glass surface. A cold cloud of cesium atoms was …

We demonstrate a gravito-optical surface trap for Cs atoms which exploits cooling in an
evanescent light wave. About 1 0 5 atoms were cooled down to 3 μK and formed a sample …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents an overview of atom mirrors, resonators,
waveguides, and traps that operate for the most part on the evanescent light-wave …

This paper is devoted to the study of a new atomic cavity consisting of a single horizontal
concave mirror placed in the earth gravitational field. Gravity, by bending the atomic …

The external fields of optical whispering gallery modes may be used to confine atoms in
stable orbits around a dielectric microsphere. As an example, a toroidal dipole-force trap …