Spatial resolution of spin waves in an ultra-cold gas
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1 Atomic Physics
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.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0204182,
title = {Spatial resolution of spin waves in an ultra-cold gas},
author = {J. M. McGuirk and H. J. Lewandowski and D. M. Harber and T. Nikuni and J. E. Williams and E. A. Cornell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0204182},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures