arXiv · 1303.5888
Dissipative versus Conditional Generation of Gaussian Entanglement and Spin Squeezing
Abstract
Spin squeezing of collective atomic spins can be achieved conditionally via probing with light and subsequent homodyne detection, as is done in a Quantum Nondemolition measurement. Recently it has been shown that squeezing can also be created unconditionally by a properly designed dissipative dynamics. We compare the two approaches in a Gaussian description, and optimize over all Gaussian light-matter interactions. We find that in the optimal unconditional scheme based on dissipation the level of squeezing scales as $d^{-1/2}$. In contrast, the optimal conditional scheme based on measurement of light -- which in fact is not a Quantum Nondemolition measurement -- can provide squeezing which scales as $d^{-1}$ in the most relevant regime of moderate optical depths. Our results apply directly also to the creation of entanglement in the form of non-local spin squeezing of two atomic ensembles.
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Denis V. Vasilyev, Christine A. Muschik, Klemens Hammerer. 2013-05-28. Dissipative versus Conditional Generation of Gaussian Entanglement and Spin Squeezing. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.87.053820
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