Entanglement of a Gas of Atomic Spins

• Authors: N. Bigelow
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper we discuss our recent work on the creation of massively entangled states of millions to trillions of thermal atomic spins. We consider the particular entangled states that are also spin-squeezed states.

Keywords

EN

03.75.-b; 42.50.-p; 32.80.-t

Discipline

• 32.80.-t: Photoionization and excitation
• 42.50.-p: Quantum optics(for lasers, see 42.55.-f and 42.60.-v; see also 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics; 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics)
• 03.75.-b: Matter waves(for atom interferometry, see 37.25.+k; see also 67.85.-d ultracold gases, trapped gases in quantum fluids and solids)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 449-457

Dates

published

2002-03

received

2001-06-20

Contributors

author

N. Bigelow

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute of Optics and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, U.S.A.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.101.449