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arXiv:2610.02314

Gap-Protected Heisenberg-Limited Squeezing with Locally Interacting Multi-Level Spins

Sakshi Bahamnia, Sagar Chaudhary, Arman Duha, Thomas Bilitewski

quant-phcond-mat.quant-gasSubmitted Oct 1, 2026• Announced Oct 5, 2026• 0 citations• Revised Oct 19, 2026 (v2)
v1 · Oct 1, 2026v2 · Oct 19, 2026
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Abstract

We demonstrate a general mechanism to generate scalable, metrologically useful entanglement in the form of generalized spin squeezing in multi-level (qudit) spin systems with power-law interactions. We demonstrate this for spin-changing dynamics, extending the physics of spin-nematic squeezing known from spinor BECs to spatially extended lattice geometries. In the absence of all-to-all connectivity, the dynamics generally suffers from leakage into non-collective finite-momentum modes, destroying Heisenberg scaling. We show that introducing local $\mathfrak{su}(D)$ exchange interactions establishes an energy gap that protects the fully symmetric collective manifold, suppressing non-collective excitations, and achieving Heisenberg scaling $ξ^2\propto1/N$ in one to three dimensions for any power-law exponent. We provide an analytical understanding of the mechanism via the analysis of the Bogoliubov excitation spectrum, and demonstrate its effectiveness via numerical simulations of the quantum many-body dynamics. Our findings more broadly apply to other spin-squeezing Hamiltonians, and directly generalize to larger internal spin dimensions. Our results provide a practical pathway towards scalable Heisenberg-limited qudit entanglement generation in experimental platforms such as arrays of (polar) molecules, magnetic atoms, and Rydberg atoms realizing multi-level spin systems.

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12 pages + 4 main figures+ 5 supplemental figures

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