Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-04-03
New J. Phys. 8, 152 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
11 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/8/8/152
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 points towards an antiferromagnetic ground state, however our error bars do not exclude a possible cyclic phase.
Bloch Immanuel
Foelling Simon
Gerbier Fabrice
Gericke Tatjana
Mandel Olaf
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