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Strong Spin Squeezing Induced by Weak Squeezing of Light inside a Cavity

Quantum Physics 2021-07-07 v3

Abstract

We propose a simple method for generating spin squeezing of atomic ensembles in a Floquet cavity subject to a weak, detuned two-photon driving. We demonstrate that {\it the weak squeezing of light inside the cavity can, counterintuitively, induce strong spin squeezing}. This is achieved by exploiting the anti-Stokes scattering process of a photon pair interacting with an atom. Specifically, {\it one photon of the photon pair is scattered into the cavity resonance by absorbing partially the energy of the other photon whose remaining energy excites the atom}. The scattering, combined with a Floquet sideband, provides an alternative mechanism to implement Heisenberg-limited spin squeezing. Our proposal does {\it not} need multiple classical and cavity-photon drivings applied to atoms in ensembles, and therefore its experimental feasibility is greatly improved compared to other cavity-based schemes. As an example, we demonstrate a possible implementation with a superconducting resonator coupled to a nitrogen-vacancy electronic-spin ensemble.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04039,
  title  = {Strong Spin Squeezing Induced by Weak Squeezing of Light inside a Cavity},
  author = {Wei Qin and Ye-Hong Chen and Xin Wang and Adam Miranowicz and Franco Nori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04039},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

accepted in Nanophotonics

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