Spin self-rephasing and very long coherence times in a trapped atomic ensemble

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2010-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/1003.5925v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 020401 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Revised version; improved description of the theoretical treatment

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.020401

We perform Ramsey spectroscopy on the ground state of ultra-cold 87Rb atoms magnetically trapped on a chip in the Knudsen regime. Field inhomogeneities over the sample should limit the 1/e contrast decay time to about 3 s, while decay times of 58 s are actually observed. We explain this surprising result by a spin self-rephasing mechanism induced by the identical spin rotation effect originating from particle indistinguishability. We propose a theory of this synchronization mechanism and obtain good agreement with the experimental observations. The effect is general and susceptible to appear in other physical systems.

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