Session Q4: Atom Optics
8:00 AM–10:18 AM, Friday, May 28, 2010
Room: Regency Ballroom
Chair: Han Pu, Rice University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.DAMOP.Q4.4
Abstract: Q4.00004 : Cavity-Mediated Matter Wave Bistability in a Spin-1 Condensate
8:54 AM–9:06 AM
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Authors:
Lu Zhou
Han Pu
Hong Ling
Weiping Zhang
We study matter wave bistability in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate dispersively coupled to a high-finesse unidirectional ring cavity. A unique feature is that the population exchange among different modes of matter fields are accomplished via the spin-exchange collisions. We show that the interplay between the atomic spin mixing and the cavity light field can lead to a strong matter wave nonlinearity, making matter wave bistability in a cavity at the single-photon level achievable.
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