Magnetism in a lattice of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

Kevin Gross, Chris P. Search, Han Pu, Weiping Zhang, Pierre Meystre

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Abstract

The ground state magnetism of ferromagnetic spinor Bose-Einstein condensates confined in deep optical lattices was investigated. The 'minicondensates' at each lattice site interacted with neighboring sites through both the static magnetic dipolar interaction and the light-induced dipolar interaction. The 'minicondensates,' behaving as mesoscopic spin magnets, were found to undergo a ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic phase transition under the magnetic dipolar interaction depending on the dimension of the confining optical lattice.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033603
Pages (from-to)336031-336039
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume66
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002

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