Optical quantum states based on hot atomic ensembles and their applications

Kai Zhang; Shengshuai Liu; Yingxuan Chen; Xutong Wang; Jietai Jing

doi:10.3788/PI.2022.R06

Photonics Insights, Volume. 1, Issue 2, R06(2022)

Optical quantum states based on hot atomic ensembles and their applications Story Video

Kai Zhang¹, Shengshuai Liu¹, Yingxuan Chen¹, Xutong Wang¹, and Jietai Jing^1,2,3、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Joint Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

²CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai, China

³Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

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Category: Review Articles

Received: May. 1, 2022

Accepted: Oct. 17, 2022

Published Online: Jan. 5, 2023

The Author Email: Jietai Jing (jtjing@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/PI.2022.R06

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