This chip, sent to the University of Heidelberg, is now used at Heidelberg for

advanced ultra-cold atom experiments analyzing atom-surface interaction,

as part of fundamental quantum optics research which also may assist

future applications such as ultra-sensitive sensors (interferometers)

and the realization of quantum communication (e.g. quantum memory) and

a quantum computer (see Science 319, 1226 (2208)).

This chip sent to the group of Francesco Cataliotti and

Massimo Inguscio for experiments in photonic crystals.