%0 Journal Article %1 Extavour2008Fermions %A Extavour, Marcius H. T. %A Leblanc, Lindsay J. %A Mckeever, Jason %A Bardon, Alma B. %A Aubin, Seth %A Myrskog, Stefan %A Schumm, Thorsten %A Thywissen, Joseph H. %D 2008 %K atomchip, fermions, review %T Fermions on atom chips %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1401 %X We review our recent and ongoing work with Fermi gases on an atom chip. After reviewing some statistical and thermodynamic properties of the ideal, non-interacting Fermi gas, and a brief description of our atom chip and its capabilities, we discuss our experimental approach to producing a potassium-40 degenerate Fermi gas (DFG) using sympathetic cooling by a rubidium-87 Bose-Einstein condensate on an atom chip. In doing so, we describe the factors affecting the loading efficiency of the atom chip microtrap. This is followed by a discussion of species selectivity in radio frequency manipulation of the Bose-Fermi mixture, which we explore in the context of sympathetic evaporative cooling and radio-frequency dressed adiabatic double-well potentials. Next, we describe the incorporation of a crossed-beam dipole trap into the atom chip setup, in which we generate and manipulate strongly interacting spin mixtures of potassium-40. Finally, we conclude with a brief discussion of future research directions with DFGs and atom chips. This article is to be included in a forthcoming, broader volume on atom chips.

@article{Extavour2008Fermions, abstract = {{We review our recent and ongoing work with Fermi gases on an atom chip. After reviewing some statistical and thermodynamic properties of the ideal, non-interacting Fermi gas, and a brief description of our atom chip and its capabilities, we discuss our experimental approach to producing a potassium-40 degenerate Fermi gas (DFG) using sympathetic cooling by a rubidium-87 Bose-Einstein condensate on an atom chip. In doing so, we describe the factors affecting the loading efficiency of the atom chip microtrap. This is followed by a discussion of species selectivity in radio frequency manipulation of the Bose-Fermi mixture, which we explore in the context of sympathetic evaporative cooling and radio-frequency dressed adiabatic double-well potentials. Next, we describe the incorporation of a crossed-beam dipole trap into the atom chip setup, in which we generate and manipulate strongly interacting spin mixtures of potassium-40. Finally, we conclude with a brief discussion of future research directions with DFGs and atom chips. This article is to be included in a forthcoming, broader volume on atom chips.}}, added-at = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Extavour, Marcius H. T. and Leblanc, Lindsay J. and Mckeever, Jason and Bardon, Alma B. and Aubin, Seth and Myrskog, Stefan and Schumm, Thorsten and Thywissen, Joseph H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2929e0b0e28d40726506d32b18bf6ad5b/rspreeuw}, citeulike-article-id = {3502906}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1401}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0811.1401}, day = 10, eprint = {0811.1401}, interhash = {92ee6b82d4680ffe30f6a122c3437eca}, intrahash = {929e0b0e28d40726506d32b18bf6ad5b}, keywords = {atomchip, fermions, review}, month = nov, posted-at = {2008-11-14 09:02:42}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, title = {{Fermions on atom chips}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1401}, year = 2008 }