Spatial resolution of spin waves in an ultracold gas

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作者
McGuirk, JM [1 ]
Lewandowski, HJ
Harber, DM
Nikuni, T
Williams, JE
Cornell, EA
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Quantum Phys Div, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[3] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[4] NIST, Div Electron & Opt Phys, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090402
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
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.
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