Artur Widera et al 2006 New J. Phys. 8 152 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/8/152
Precision measurement of spin-dependent interaction strengths for spin-1 and spin-2 87Rb atoms
Focus on Cold Atoms in Optical LatticesArtur Widera1,4, Fabrice Gerbier2,5, Simon Fölling1, Tatjana Gericke1, Olaf Mandel3 and Immanuel Bloch1
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We report on precision measurements of spin-dependent interaction-strengths in the 87Rb spin-1 and spin-2 hyperfine ground states. Our method is based on the recent observation of coherence in the collisionally driven spin-dynamics of ultracold atom pairs trapped in optical lattices. Analysis of the Rabi-type oscillations between two spin states of an atom pair allows a direct determination of the coupling parameters in the interaction Hamiltonian. We deduce differences in scattering lengths from our data that can directly be compared to theoretical predictions in order to test interatomic potentials. Our measurements agree with the predictions within 20%. The knowledge of these coupling parameters allows one to determine the nature of the magnetic ground state. Our data imply a ferromagnetic ground state for 87Rb in the f = 1 manifold, in agreement with earlier experiments performed without the optical lattice. For 87Rb in the f = 2 manifold, the data point towards an antiferromagnetic ground state; however our error bars do not exclude a possible cyclic phase.
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31.30.Gs Hyperfine interactions and isotope effects
34.50.-s Scattering of atoms and molecules
03.75.Mn Multicomponent condensates; spinor condensates
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Issue 8 (August 2006)
Received 24 April 2006
Published 30 August 2006
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Precision measurement of spin-dependent interaction strengths for spin-1 and spin-2 87Rb atoms
Artur Widera et al 2006 New J. Phys. 8 152
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