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Spinor Dynamics in an Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Condensate

Published

Author(s)

A T. Black, Eduardo Gomez, Lincoln Turner, Sebastian Jung, Paul D. Lett

Abstract

We observed coherent spin oscillations in an antiferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium. The variation of the spin oscillations with magnetic field shows a clear signature of nonlinearity, in agreement with theoretical predictions that also predict anharmonic oscillations near a critical magnetic field. Measurements of the magnetic phase diagram agree with predictions made in the approximation of a single spatial mode. The oscillation period yields the best measurement to date of the sodium spin-dependent interaction coefficient, determining the difference between the sodium spin-dependent s-wavescattering lengths.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensate, coherent collisions, ultracold atoms

Citation

Black, A. , Gomez, E. , Turner, L. , Jung, S. and Lett, P. (2007), Spinor Dynamics in an Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Condensate, Physical Review Letters (Accessed September 24, 2023)

Created August 16, 2007, Updated March 2, 2017