	US 12,041,864 B2
	Method and device for storing free atoms, molecules and ions in a contact-less, albeit well-defined near surface arrangement
Thomas Jung, Thalwil (CH); Aisha Ahsan, Basel (CH); Sk Rejaul, Basel (CH); Mehdi Heydari, Basel (CH); Lutz H. Gade, Heidelberg (DE); Luiza Tania Buimaga-Iarinca, Cluj-Napoca (RO); and Ioan Cristian Morari, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
Assigned to Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI Villigen (CH); University of Basel, Basel (CH); University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (DE); and Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Technologii Izotopice Si Moleculare, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
Filed by Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI (CH); UNIVERSITY OF BASEL, Basel (CH); UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, Heidelberg (DE); and INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU TEHNOLOGII IZOTOPICE SI MOLECULARE, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,726.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107661 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H10N 99/00 (2023.01)

CPC H10N 99/05 (2023.02)

9 Claims

1. A device for capturing free atoms or molecules or clusters or ions in a quantum well structure, comprising:

a) a support layer of a conductive or insulating material;

b) a conductive layer deposited on said support layer; and

c) a quantum well structure fabricated on said conductive layer, said quantum well structure comprising a plurality of regular or irregular quantum cells forming together with the conductive layer a specific hosting quantum wave state or states;

d) wherein the free atoms or molecules or clusters or ions are held contactlessly in said quantum cells by an interaction of the quantum wave state with the specific hosting quantum wave state of the respective quantum cell and the specific hosting quantum wave state or states of one or more adjacent quantum cells, without an evanescent field in the proximity of electromagnetic waveguides, generated by electrodes and/or magnetic coils.