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Journal of Modern Optics

Entanglement transfer from light to atoms

Jan Hald, J. L. S⊘rensen, C. Schori, Eugene Simon Polzik

Published Nov 1, 2000• 41 citations
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Abstract

We describe an approach to mapping of a quantum polarization state of free propagating light on a collective spin of an atomic ensemble. Recent experimental results on generation of a macroscopic spin squeezed ensemble of cold atoms via interaction with squeezed light are analysed in detail.
DOI
10.1080/09500340008232184

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