Fig. 5: Homogeneity of a polarized three-component mixture in the optical box.
From: Observation of anomalous decay of a polarized three-component Fermi gas
a Example of an in situ optical density image of \(\left\vert 3\right\rangle\) (same data as Fig. 1c with x1 = 0.16, x2 = 0.35, and x3 = 0.49). b Cuts of the density profile (yellow, solid) and the fit (purple, dashed) along the y (top) and x (bottom) axes (dashed black lines in (a)). The fit to the OD image is a smoothed cone (see text). Residuals (normalized to the peak fitted density along each cut) are shown underneath. c Top: Subtracting the measured in situ density of \(\left\vert 3\right\rangle\) from \(\left\vert 2\right\rangle\) (after scaling \(\left\vert 2\right\rangle\) to have the same mean density as \(\left\vert 3\right\rangle\)). OD scale is the same as (a), and the dashed red rectangle indicates the region of the box. Bottom: Likewise, subtracting spin \(\left\vert 3\right\rangle\) from \(\left\vert 1\right\rangle\).
