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Quantum control of spin-correlations in ultracold lattice gases
We demonstrate that it is possible to prepare a lattice gas of ultracold
atoms with a desired non-classical spin-correlation function using atom-light
interaction of the kind routinely employed in quantum spin polarization
spectroscopy. Our method is based on quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement
and feedback, and allows in particular to create on demand exponentially or
algebraically decaying correlations, as well as a certain degree of
multi-partite entanglement.Comment: 2 figure
Certified quantum non-demolition measurement of material systems
An extensive debate on quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement, reviewed in
Grangier et al. [Nature, {\bf 396}, 537 (1998)], finds that true QND
measurements must have both non-classical state-preparation capability and
non-classical information-damage tradeoff. Existing figures of merit for these
non-classicality criteria require direct measurement of the signal variable and
are thus difficult to apply to optically-probed material systems. Here we
describe a method to demonstrate both criteria without need for to direct
signal measurements. Using a covariance matrix formalism and a general noise
model, we compute meter observables for QND measurement triples, which suffice
to compute all QND figures of merit. The result will allow certified QND
measurement of atomic spin ensembles using existing techniques.Comment: 11 pages, zero figure
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