arXiv · cond-mat/0310687
Imaging of spinor gases
Abstract
We explore the dielectric properties of spinor condensates. Gases with vector (nematic) order, such as spin-1 condensates with ferromagnetic (antiferromagnetic) interactions, display optical activity (birefringence). This optical activity/birefringence is respectively seen for light detuned from resonance by a frequency which is not too large compared with the fine/hyperfine structure. Careful tuning of the light frequency can isolate either of these two effects. These features can be used to image spin textures in clouds of spin 1 bosons, and to discern states showing different types of spin order.
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Iacopo Carusotto, Erich J. Mueller. 2004-01-14. Imaging of spinor gases. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075%2F37%2F7%2F058
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