Spatial Resolution of Spin Waves in an Ultracold Gas

2002/04/09 by J. M. McGuirk, H. J. Lewandowski, D. M. Harber +6 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #cond-mat.soft #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.89.090402

4 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2002/04/09 · openalex publication_date 2002/08/09 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present the first spatially resolved images of spin waves in a gas. The complete longitudinal and transverse spin field as a function of time and space is reconstructed. Frequencies and damping rates for a standing-wave mode are extracted and compared with theory.

Citations

• Optical Excitations in a Nonideal Bose Gas
• Internal Waves and Synchronized Precession in a Cold Vapor

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