Atomic Magnetic Lattices and Their Applications

We propose a novel scheme to construct one-, two- or three-dimensional (1D, 2D or 3D) atomic magnetic lattices by using various arrays of microscopic magnetic traps, which are composed of some arrays of current-carrying wires. The magnetic field distributions from 1D, 2D and 3D arrays of the current-carrying wires are calculated, and some interesting and periodic magnetic microstructures are found. Our study shows that these magnetic lattices may be used to prepare 1D, 2D or 3D photonic crystals and so on.