Magneto-optical control of atomic spin mixing in dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.80.063618· OSTI ID:21352410

Jing, H; Jiang, Y ^[1]; Meystre, P ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007 (China)
2. B2 Institute and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)

We study the role in an external photoassociation light field in the spin mixing dynamics of a spin-one Bose condensate with long-range magnetic dipole-dipole interaction. The mean-field energy functional of the system is found to be formally identical to that of two coupled nonrigid pendulums, manifesting either constructive or destructive interferences. The interplay between photoassociation and the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction provides a novel route to the magneto-optical quantum control of atomic spin mixing in dipolar spinor condensates.

• OSTI ID: 21352410
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.063618; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
CONTROL
INTERFERENCE
MAGNETIC DIPOLES
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
OPTICS
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
SPIN
VECTORS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
CHEMISTRY
DIPOLES
MULTIPOLES
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
TENSORS