Bose-Einstein Condensation in a simple Microtrap
  A Bose-Einstein condensate is created in a simple and robust miniature Ioffe-Pritchard trap, the so-called Z trap. This trap follows from the mere combination of a Z-shaped current carrying wire and a homogeneous bias field. The experimental procedure allows condensation of typically 3x10^5 Rb-87 atoms in the |F=2, m_F=2> state close to any mirroring surface, irrespective of its structure, thus it is ideally suited as a source for cold atom physics near surfaces. 
S. Schneider (1), A. Kasper (1), Ch. vom Hagen (1), M. Bartenstein   (1), B. Engeser (1), T. Schumm (1), I. Bar-Joseph (2), ...