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We present a comprehensive study of spin relaxation dynamics at cryogenic temperatures in a rare-earth-doped crystal used for quantum memory applications: $^{171}$Yb:Y$_2$SiO$_5$. Spin relaxation is indeed a major limiting factor for both…
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We report improved absolute frequency measurement of the $^{1}$S$_{0}-^{3}$P$_{0}$ transition of $^{171}$Yb at National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) by comparing the $^{171}$Yb optical lattice clock NMIJ-Yb1 with 13 Cs primary…
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Squeezed spin states have important applications in quantum metrology and sensing. It has been shown by S{\o}rensen and M{\o}lmer [Phys. Rev. A 66, 022314(2002)] that an effective one-axis-twisting interaction can be realized in a cavity…
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