  We describe experiments on trapping of atoms in microscopic magneto-optical
traps on an optically transparent permanent-magnet atom chip. The chip is made
of magnetically hard ferrite-garnet material deposited on a dielectric
substrate. The confining magnetic fields are produced by miniature magnetized
patterns recorded in the film by magneto-optical techniques. We trap Rb atoms
on these structures by applying three crossed pairs of counter-propagating
laser beams in the conventional magneto-optical trapping (MOT) geometry. We
demonstrate the flexibility of the concept in creation and in-situ modification
of the trapping geometries through several experiments.
