Acoustic frequency atomic spin oscillator in the quantum regime

Quantum noise reduction and entanglement-enhanced sensing in the acoustic frequency range is an outstanding challenge relevant for a number of applications including magnetometry and broadband noise reduction in gravitational wave detectors. Here we experimentally demonstrate quantum behavior of a m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2023-10, Vol.14 (1), p.6396-6396, Article 6396
Hauptverfasser: Jia, Jun, Novikov, Valeriy, Brasil, Tulio Brito, Zeuthen, Emil, Müller, Jörg Helge, Polzik, Eugene S.
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Zusammenfassung:Quantum noise reduction and entanglement-enhanced sensing in the acoustic frequency range is an outstanding challenge relevant for a number of applications including magnetometry and broadband noise reduction in gravitational wave detectors. Here we experimentally demonstrate quantum behavior of a macroscopic atomic spin oscillator in the acoustic frequency range. Quantum back-action of the spin measurement, ponderomotive squeezing of light, and virtual spring softening are observed at oscillation frequencies down to the sub-kHz range. Quantum noise sources characteristic of spin oscillators operating in the near-DC frequency range are identified and means for their mitigation are presented. Realising a quantum-backaction-limited oscillator in the acoustic frequency range would have applications in sensing and metrology. Here, the authors reach this goal by demonstrating destructive interference between quantum back-action noise and shot noise down to sub-kHz range in a warm atomic vapor cell.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-42059-y