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Direct Observation of Coherent Interorbital Spin-Exchange Dynamics

G. Cappellini, M. Mancini, G. Pagano, P. Lombardi, L. Livi, M. Siciliani de Cumis, P. Cancio, M. Pizzocaro, D. Calonico, F. Levi, C. Sias, J. Catani, M. Inguscio, and L. Fallani
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 120402 – Published 15 September 2014; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 239903 (2015)
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Abstract

We report on the first direct observation of fast spin-exchange coherent oscillations between different long-lived electronic orbitals of ultracold Yb173 fermions. We measure, in a model-independent way, the strength of the exchange interaction driving this coherent process. This observation allows us to retrieve important information on the interorbital collisional properties of Yb173 atoms and paves the way to novel quantum simulations of paradigmatic models of two-orbital quantum magnetism.

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  • Received 25 June 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.120402

© 2014 American Physical Society

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Erratum: Direct Observation of Coherent Interorbital Spin-Exchange Dynamics [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 120402 (2014)]

G. Cappellini, M. Mancini, G. Pagano, P. Lombardi, L. Livi, M. Siciliani de Cumis, P. Cancio, M. Pizzocaro, D. Calonico, F. Levi, C. Sias, J. Catani, M. Inguscio, and L. Fallani
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 239903 (2015)

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Published 15 September 2014

The experimental observation of spin-orbital exchange interactions in ultracold atoms opens a window for the exploration of poorly understood magnetic behaviors.

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Authors & Affiliations

G. Cappellini1,3, M. Mancini2,3, G. Pagano4,3, P. Lombardi1, L. Livi2, M. Siciliani de Cumis3, P. Cancio3,1,2, M. Pizzocaro5, D. Calonico5, F. Levi5, C. Sias3,1, J. Catani3,1, M. Inguscio5,2,1, and L. Fallani2,1,3,*

  • 1LENS European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
  • 3INO-CNR Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR, Sezione di Sesto Fiorentino, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
  • 4Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy
  • 5INRIM Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino 10135, Italy

  • *Corresponding author. fallani@lens.unifi.it

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Vol. 113, Iss. 12 — 19 September 2014

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