Spin-mixing dynamics of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate

Authors
Pu, H Law, CK Raghavan, S Eberly, JH Bigelow, NP
Citation
H. Pu et al., Spin-mixing dynamics of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate, PHYS REV A, 60(2), 1999, pp. 1463-1470
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1463 - 1470
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(199908)60:2<1463:SDOASB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We study the spin-mixing dynamics of an f = 1 spinor condensate. We show th at the dynamics is sensitive to the relative phase and particle number dist ribution among the individual components of the condensate, and find that c omplex structures can develop in the density profiles during the time evolu tion. We investigate the different time scales of the spin-mixing process a nd their dependence on the total particle number. [S1050-2947(99)01308-6].