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Jean-Baptiste S. Béguin

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Steady-State Multiparticle Entanglement via Dissipative Engineering in Waveguide QED

We propose a simple scalable scheme for the dissipative generation of entangled states of multiple emitters coupled to a waveguide. Our approach exploits collective interactions arising from the formation of subradiant and superradiant excited states, combined with the quantum Zeno effect. We show that, starting from an arbitrary initial state, the system deterministically evolves toward a W-type entangled steady state, with an infidelity that scales inversely with the cooperativity. The protocol is scalable to an arbitrary number of emitters. We further analyze the impact of additional experimental imperfections and present a detailed implementation based on trapped $^{133}$Cs atoms.

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Measurement and simulation of atomic motion in nanoscale optical trapping potentials

Atoms trapped in the evanescent field around a nanofiber experience strong coupling to the light guided in the fiber mode. However, due to the intrinsically strong positional dependence of the coupling, thermal motion of the ensemble limits the use of nanofiber trapped atoms for some quantum tasks. We investigate the thermal dynamics of such an ensemble by using short light pulses to make a spatially inhomogeneous population transfer between atomic states. As we monitor the wave packet of atoms created by this scheme, we find a damped oscillatory behavior which we attribute to sloshing and dispersion of the atoms. Oscillation frequencies range around 100 kHz, and motional dephasing between atoms happens on a timescale of 10 $μ$s. Comparison to Monte Carlo simulations of an ensemble of 1000 classical particles yields reasonable agreement for simulated ensemble temperatures between 25 $μ$K and 40 $μ$K.

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