Spatial resolution of spin waves in an ultracold gas.

Phys Rev Lett

JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA.

Published: 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://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090402DOI Listing

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