Abstract
Weak dipolar effects in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) have recently been predicted to develop spin textures. However, observation of the spin textures requires us to decrease the magnetic field down to for spin-1 alkali BECs, so that they are not washed out by the Zeeman effect. We present a scheme to observe the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction in alkali BECs under a realistic magnetic field of . Our scheme enables us to extract genuine dipolar effects and should apply also to BECs.
- Received 5 November 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.110406
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