Spatial and spin dynamics of spinor condensates in moving optical lattices
Hardesty-Shaw, Zachary N.
A Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) is an extraordinarily versatile state of matterthat allows for the simulation of quantum phenomena on the macroscopic scale. This powerful platform features rich physics such as superfluidity, quantum phase coherence, long range order, and spontaneous symmetry breaking. A spinor BEC, or a BEC with a spin degree of freedom, in particular is highly controllable as a quantum simulator, especially under the application of customizable optical lattices. In this thesis I present a study of spinor BECs in moving optical lattices. The results of this thesis open the way for the exploitation of not only quantum based properties of a BEC, but also the classical spatial dynamics inherit to the system for simulating many-body quantum spin dynamics with highly tunable, time-dependent interactions.
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