Multiresonant Spinor Dynamics in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Carsten Klempt, O. Topic, Grebremedh Gebreyesus +6 more
We analyze the spinor dynamics of a 87Rb F=2 condensate initially prepared in the m(F) = 0 Zeeman sublevel. We show that this dynamics, characterized by the creation of correlated atomic pairs in m(F) = +/-1, presents an intriguing multiresonant magnetic-field dependence induced by the trap inhomogeneity. This dependence is directly linked to the most unstable Bogoliubov spin excitations of the initial m(F) = 0 condensate, showing that, in general, even a qualitative understanding of the pair-creation efficiency in a spinor condensate requires a careful consideration of the confinement.
arXiv:0902.2058•Physical Review Letters•Nov 6, 2009•68 citations