Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 11, 2296(2021)

Adiabaticity in state preparation for spin squeezing of large atom ensembles

Shenchao Jin1... Han Bao2, Junlei Duan1, Xingda Lu1, Mingfeng Wang3, Kai-Feng Zhao4, Heng Shen5,6,7,*, and Yanhong Xiao28,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 3Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
  • 4Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 5State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-electronics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 6Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
  • 7e-mail: hengshen@sxu.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: yxiao@sxu.edu.cn
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    Shenchao Jin, Han Bao, Junlei Duan, Xingda Lu, Mingfeng Wang, Kai-Feng Zhao, Heng Shen, Yanhong Xiao, "Adiabaticity in state preparation for spin squeezing of large atom ensembles," Photonics Res. 9, 2296 (2021)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: Oct. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 9, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 27, 2021

    The Author Email: Heng Shen (hengshen@sxu.edu.cn), Yanhong Xiao (yxiao@sxu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.413288

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