Spin dynamics and domain formation of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical cavity

  • Lu Zhou*
  • , Han Pu
  • , Hong Y. Ling
  • , Keye Zhang
  • , Weiping Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We consider a ferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) dispersively coupled to a unidirectional ring cavity. We show that the ability of the cavity to modify, in a highly nonlinear fashion, matter-wave phase shifts adds an additional dimension to the study of spinor condensates. In addition to demonstrating strong matter-wave bistability as in our earlier publication, we show that the interplay between atomic and cavity fields can greatly enrich both the physics of critical slowing down in spin-mixing dynamics and the physics of spin-domain formation in spinor condensates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number063641
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume81
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jun 2010

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