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Altermagnetism simultaneously possesses nonrelativistic spin responses and zero net magnetization, thus combining advantages of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. This superiority originates from its unique dual feature, i.e.,…

We resolve the real-time electric field of a femtosecond third-order nonlinear optical signal in the molecular frame. The electric field emitted by the induced third-order polarization from impulsively pre-aligned gas-phase molecules at…

Quantum metrology employs entanglement to enhance measurement precision. The focus and progress so far have primarily centered on estimating a single parameter. In diverse application scenarios, the estimation of more than one single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Jiahao Cao , Xinwei Li , Tianwei Mao , Wenxin Xu , Li You

Spin dependent phenomena in inclusive hadron production have been extensively investigated, yet their microscopic origin and universality across different hadrons are still not fully understood. In particular, it is presently unknown…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-20 D. Alfs , D. Grzonka , G. Khatri , P. Kulessa , J. Ritman , T. Sefzick , J. Smyrski , V. Verhoeven , H. Xu , M. Zielinski

We present a measurement scheme capable of achieving the quantum limit of parameter estimation using an adaptive strategy that minimizes the parameter's variance at each step. The adaptive rule we propose makes the scheme robust against…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-09 Paola Cappellaro

Quantum metrology makes use of coherent superpositions to detect weak signals. While in principle the sensitivity can be improved by increasing the density of sensing particles, in practice this improvement is severely hindered by…

We present an experimental demonstration of closed-loop quantum parameter estimation in which real-time feedback is used to achieve robustness to modeling uncertainty. By performing broadband estimation of a magnetic field acting on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 JM Geremia , John K. Stockton , Hideo Mabuchi

We show that the statistical properties of a Coulomb crystal can be measured by means of a standard interferometric procedure performed on the spin of one ion in the chain. The ion spin, constituted by two internal levels of the ion,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-10-21 Gabriele De Chiara , Tommaso Calarco , Shmuel Fishman , Giovanna Morigi

Spin squeezing is a form of entanglement that can improve the stability of quantum sensors operating with multiple particles, by inducing inter-particle correlations that redistribute the quantum projection noise. Previous analyses of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-16 Boris Braverman , Akio Kawasaki , Vladan Vuletic

Atomic comagnetometers are used in searches for anomalous spin-dependent interactions. Magnetic field gradients are one of the major sources of systematic errors in such experiments. Here we describe a comagnetometer based on the nuclear…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Teng Wu , John W. Blanchard , Derek F. Jackson Kimball , Min Jiang , Dmitry Budker

Storing and accessing information in atomic-scale magnets requires magnetic imaging techniques with single-atom resolution. Here, we show simultaneous detection of the spin-polarization and exchange force, with or without the flow of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 Nadine Hauptmann , Jan W. Gerritsen , Daniel Wegner , Alexander A. Khajetoorians

Interferometry with ultracold atoms promises the possibility of ultraprecise and ultrasensitive measurements in many fields of physics, and is the basis of our most precise atomic clocks. Key to a high sensitivity is the possibility to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-07-08 Julian Grond , Joerg Schmiedmayer , Ulrich Hohenester

We describe a spin interferometer using ultracold YbF molecules and develop the complete set of techniques needed to measure the electron's electric dipole moment, $d_e$, with this apparatus. The molecules are cooled in an optical molasses…

We study in theory the generation and detection of electron spin coherence in nonlinear optical spectroscopy of semiconductor quantum dots doped with single electrons. In third-order differential transmission spectra, the inverse width of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ren-Bao Liu , S. E. Economou , L. J. Sham , D. G. Steel

We study the sensitivity of a collisional single-atom probe for ultracold gases. Inelastic spin-exchange collisions map information about the gas temperature T or external magnetic field B onto the quantum spin-population of single-atom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Jens Nettersheim , Quentin Bouton , Daniel Adam , Artur Widera

Useful quantum metrology requires nonclassical states with a high particle number and (close to) the optimal exploitation of the state's quantum correlations. Unfortunately, the single-particle detection resolution demanded by conventional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Samuel P. Nolan , Stuart S. Szigeti , Simon A. Haine

We propose a mechanism to use nonlinearity arising from inter-particle interactions to significantly enhance rotation sensitivity of matter-wave interferometers. The method relies on modifying Sagnac interferometers by introducing a weak…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-04-24 M. Kolár , T. Opatrný , Kunal K. Das

Quantum sensing with solid-state systems finds broad applications in diverse areas ranging from material and biomedical sciences to fundamental physics. Several solid-state spin sensors have been developed, facilitating the ultra-sensitive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-14 Hao Wu , Shuo Yang , Mark Oxborrow , Qing Zhao , Bo Zhang , Jiangfeng Du

A critique of a recent experiment [Wagh et.al., Phys.Rev.Lett.81, 1992 (7 Sep 1998)] to measure the noncyclic phase associated with a precessing neutron spin in a neutron interferometer, as given by the Pancharatnam criterion, is presented.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Rajendra Bhandari

The ability to sense the magnetic state of individual magnetic nano-objects is a key capability for powerful applications ranging from readout of ultra-dense magnetic memory to the measurement of spins in complex structures with nanometer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-30 Shichao Yan , Luigi Malavolti , Jacob A. J. Burgess , Andrea Droghetti , Angel Rubio , Sebastian Loth