Neutral Atom Chip Technology (991F3Q)

5 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

This module will cover the theory and experimental design of atom chips, in particular:

• Ioffe-Pritchard trapping of neutral atoms
• the basics of Bose-Einstein condensation
• matter wave interferometry in atom chips.

Some familiarity with Wolfram mathematica is assumed.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 50 hours of work. This breaks down into about 8 hours of contact time and about 42 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.