Antiferromagnetic Spinor Condensates in a Two-Dimensional Optical Lattice

作者:Zhao L*; Jiang J; Tang T; Webb M; Liu Y
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2015, 114(22): 225302.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.225302

摘要

We experimentally demonstrate that spin dynamics and the phase diagram of spinor condensates can be conveniently tuned by a two-dimensional optical lattice. Spin population oscillations and a lattice-tuned separatrix in phase space are observed in every lattice where a substantial superfluid fraction exists. In a sufficiently deep lattice, we observe a phase transition from a longitudinal polar phase to a broken-axisymmetry phase in steady states of lattice-confined spinor condensates. The steady states are found to depend sigmoidally on the lattice depth and exponentially on the magnetic field. We also introduce a phenomenological model that semiquantitatively describes our data without adjustable parameters.

  • 出版日期2015-6-4