Periodic spin textures in a degenerateF=1Rb87spinor Bose gas

M. Vengalattore, J. Guzman, S. R. Leslie, F. Serwane, D. M. Stamper-Kurn
2010 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We report on the spin textures produced by cooling unmagnetized ^87Rb F=1 spinor gases into the regime of quantum degeneracy. At low temperatures, magnetized textures form that break translational symmetry and display short-range periodic magnetic order characterized by one- or two-dimensional spatial modulations with wavelengths much smaller than the extent of the quasi-two-dimensional degenerate gas. Spin textures produced upon cooling spin mixtures with a non-zero initial magnetic quadrupole
more » ... moment also show ferromagnetic order that, at low temperature, coexists with the spatially modulated structure.
doi:10.1103/physreva.81.053612 fatcat:b4ycw6p4njgmdomgu4u3a3dgpu