Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 090402 (2002) [4 pages]

Spatial Resolution of Spin Waves in an Ultracold Gas

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J. M. McGuirk^1,*, H. J. Lewandowski¹, D. M. Harber¹, T. Nikuni², J. E. Williams³, and E. A. Cornell^1,*
¹JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440
²Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A7
³Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8401

Received 4 April 2002; published 9 August 2002

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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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090402

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090402

PACS:

05.30.Jp, 32.80.Pj, 51.10.+y, 75.30.Ds

^*Quantum Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 090402 (2002) [4 pages]

Spatial Resolution of Spin Waves in an Ultracold Gas