arXiv · quant-ph/0606037
Spinor Dynamics-Driven Formation of a Dual-Beam Atom Laser
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel dual-beam atom laser formed by outcoupling oppositely polarized components of an F=1 spinor Bose-Einstein condensate whose Zeeman sublevel populations have been coherently evolved through spin dynamics. The condensate is formed through all-optical means using a single-beam running-wave dipole trap. We create a condensate in the field-insensitive $m_F=0$ state, and drive coherent spin-mixing evolution through adiabatic compression of the initially weak trap. Such dual beams, number-correlated through the angular momentum-conserving reaction $2m_0\leftrightharpoons m_{+1}+m_{-1}$, have been proposed as tools to explore entanglement and squeezing in Bose-Einstein condensates, and have potential use in precision phase measurements.
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N. Lundblad, R. J. Thompson, D. C. Aveline, L. Maleki. 2006-06-05. Spinor Dynamics-Driven Formation of a Dual-Beam Atom Laser. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.14.010164
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