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Spatial Resolution of Spin Waves in an Ultracold Gas

J. M. McGuirk, H. J. Lewandowski, D. Harber, Tetsuro Nikuni, J. E. Williams, Eric Cornell

Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 98 citations · 13 references

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We present the first spatially resolved images of spin waves in a gas. The complete longitudinal and transverse spin field as a function of time and space is reconstructed. Frequencies and damping rates for a standing-wave mode are extracted and compared with theory.

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