Direct, Non-Destructive Imaging of Transverse and Longitudinal Magnetization in a Spin-1 Bose Gas

ORAL

Abstract

Polarization-dependent phase contrast imaging is used to image the magnetization of an optically trapped ultracold gas in- situ, nondestructively, and repeatedly. This novel probe is applied to obtain time-resolved images of the Larmor precession of a spin-1 $^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein condensate. The transverse magnetization of the condensate remains consistent with a mean- field model of interatomic interactions. Implications for precise magnetometry with high spatial resolution are discussed.

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Authors

  • Lorraine Sadler

  • James Higbie

  • Shin Inouye

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • University of California

  • Ananth Chikkatur

    • Harvard University

  • Sabrina Leslie

  • Kevin Moore

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Veronique Savalli

  • Dan Stamper-Kurn

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • University of California