Coherent zero-field magnetization resonance in a dipolar spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate

TL;DR

This paper analytically explores zero-field magnetization resonance in a dipolar spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate, revealing a novel resonance due to biaxial dipolar interactions and proposing a detection method to observe it.

Contribution

It uncovers a new zero-field magnetization resonance caused by biaxial dipolar interactions and introduces a dynamical-decoupling detection technique.

Findings

Discovery of a novel zero-field magnetization resonance.

Proposal of a dynamical-decoupling detection method.

Insights into dipolar system dynamics beyond cold atoms.

Abstract

With current magnetic field shielding and high precision detection in dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, it is possible to experimentally detect the low or zero field nonsecular dipolar dynamics. Here we analytically investigate the zero-field nonsecular magnetic dipolar interaction effect, with an emphasis on magnetization dynamics in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate under the single spatial mode approximation within the mean field theory. Due to the biaxial nature of the dipolar interaction, a novel resonance occurs in the condensate magnetization oscillation, contrast to the previous assumption of a conserved magnetization in strong magnetic fields. Furthermore, we propose a dynamical-decoupling detection method for such a resonance, which cancels the stray magnetic fields in experiments but restores the magnetization dynamics. Our results shed new lights on the dipolar systems and may find potential applications beyond cold atoms.