Torrontegui Muñoz, ErikEchanobe, JavierRuschhaupt, AndreasGuéry-Odelin, DavidMuga, Juan Gonzalo2021-04-122021-04-122010-10Torrontegui, E., Echanobe, J., Ruschhaupt, A., Guéry-Odelin, D. & Muga, J. G. (2010). Cold-atom dynamics in crossed-laser-beam waveguides. Physical Review A, 82(4).1050-2947https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32326We study the dynamics of neutral cold atoms in an L-shaped crossed-beam optical waveguide formed by two perpendicular red-detuned lasers of different intensities and a blue-detuned laser at the corner. The motion in one sense is optimized, and the motion in the other sense may be suppressed even if it is energetically allowed. Quantum and classical simulations are performed and give similar results. Complemented with a vibrational cooling process we find a range of parameters for which this setting works as a one-way device or "atom diode."7eng©2010 American Physical Societyresearch articleFísicahttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.043420open access043420-14043420-7Physical Review A82AR/0000026505