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Title: Deterministic spin-wave interferometer based on the Rydberg blockade

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (China)
  2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
  3. Fakultaet fuer Physik, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet, Schellingstrasse 4, D-80798 Munich (Germany)

The spin-wave (SW) N-particle path-entangled |N,0>+|0,N> (NOON) state is an N-particle Fock state with two atomic spin-wave modes maximally entangled. Attributed to the property that the phase is sensitive to collective atomic motion, the SW NOON state can be utilized as an atomic interferometer and has promising application in quantum enhanced measurement. In this paper we propose an efficient protocol to deterministically produce the atomic SW NOON state by employing the Rydberg blockade. Possible errors in practical manipulations are analyzed. A feasible experimental scheme is suggested. Our scheme is far more efficient than the recent experimentally demonstrated one, which only creates a heralded second-order SW NOON state.

OSTI ID:
21550168
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063623; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English