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Quantum control of spin-correlations in ultracold lattice gases

Philipp Hauke, R. J. Sewell, Morgan W. Mitchell, Maciej Lewenstein

Published Jan 1, 2013• 2 citations
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Abstract

We describe a new technique for preparing and detecting spatial spin-correlations and multipartite entanglement in a quantum lattice gas based on entropic cooling via quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement and feedback.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2013.qw3c.3

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