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Bayesian feedback control of a two-atom spin-state in an atom-cavity system

Quantum Physics 2012-12-18 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate real-time feedback control of the joint spin-state of two neutral Caesium atoms inside a high finesse optical cavity. The quantum states are discriminated by their different cavity transmission levels. A Bayesian update formalism is used to estimate state occupation probabilities as well as transition rates. We stabilize the balanced two-atom mixed state, which is deterministically inaccessible, via feedback control and find very good agreement with Monte-Carlo simulations. On average, the feedback loops achieves near optimal conditions by steering the system to the target state marginally exceeding the time to retrieve information about its state.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3184,
  title  = {Bayesian feedback control of a two-atom spin-state in an atom-cavity system},
  author = {Stefan Brakhane and Wolfgang Alt and Tobias Kampschulte and Miguel Martinez-Dorantes and René Reimann and Seokchan Yoon and Artur Widera and Dieter Meschede},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3184},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures

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