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arXiv:1504.01984 · Physical Review A

Spin squeezing of the non-Hermitian one-axis twisting model

Ling-Na Wu, Guangri Jin, Li You

Published Sep 15, 2015• 21 citations
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Abstract

In the absence of decay, the conditional dynamics for an open system is often describable by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. This study investigates spin squeezing (SS) in a non-Hermitian one-axis twisting (OAT) model. Somewhat surprisingly, SS close to the limit of Hermitian two-axis counter twisting (TACT) Hamiltonian is achievable for some parameters, which significantly improves upon the optimal value realizable by the Hermitian OAT model. The drawback is like with all conditional schemes, it takes on average longer time to evolve into a steady state, and the probability of no decay or success decreases as the number of atoms (spins) increases. The result above for the steady-state SS in a non-Hermitian OAT Hamiltonian is thus limited to small systems. For other parameter regimes, however, desirable SS arrives dynamically before a steady state is achieved, with a greatly shortened evolution time and enhanced probability of success, while still remains significantly improved over the limit of Hermitian OAT.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.92.033826

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In this work we study One Axis Twisting (OAT) spin squeezing for metrology in the presence of decoherence. We study Linbladian evolution in the presence of both T_1 and T_2 (longitudinal and transverse relaxation processes). We show that spin squeezing can be an effective way to improve metrological accuracy even in the presence of decoherence for OAT squeezing. We show our results are not sensitive to inhomogeneity of the squeezing strength of the many spin OAT Hamiltonian and that very general squeezed states do not have entanglement enhanced decoherence. We also extend the Kitagawa-Ueda OAT squeezing formula to finite polarization.
Spin squeezed states are a class of entangled states of spins that have practical applications to precision measurements. In recent years spin squeezing with one-axis twisting (OAT) has been demonstrated experimentally with spinor Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) with more than 103{10}^{3}103 atoms. Although the noise is below the standard quantum limit, the OAT scheme cannot reduce the noise down to the ultimate Heisenberg limit. Here we propose an experimentally feasible scheme based on optimized quantum control to greatly enhance the performance of OAT to approach the Heisenberg limit, requiring only an OAT Hamiltonian and the use of several coherent driving pulses. The scheme is robust against technical noise and can be readily implemented for spinor BECs or trapped ions with current technology.
We investigate spin squeezing for a one-axis twisting (OAT) model coupled to a general non-Markovian environment in a finite-temperature regime. Using the non-Markovian quantum state diffusion and master equation approach, we numerically study non-Markovian spin-squeezing generation in the OAT model. Our results show that the total spin number NNN, energy kBT{k}_{B}TkB​T, and certain coefficients in the OAT model can play a crucial role in generating spin squeezing. In particular, it shows that the maximum spin squeezing can be significantly enhanced when the participating environment has a relatively long memory time.