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Condensates also offer the promise of very high sensitivity atomic interferometry.
For this reason it is important to develop atom-optical elements which can be used to manipulate condensates in the same way as conventional lenses, mirrors, and waveguides can image, focus, and transport light. In my talk I will discuss work in this area at Sussex, where we use magnetic fields to perform optics with both Bose condensates and conventional laser-cooled atoms. I will also discuss a recent proposal for a waveguide interferometer for Bose condensates and progress towards its realization in the laboratory. University of Bristol Recent advances in experimental techniques have revitalised the use of laser absorption spectroscopy for numerous applications. The extreme sensitivity of LIF has proved sufficient, for example, for detection of OH radicals in the Earth's troposphere.