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A quantum many-body spin system in an optical lattice clock

Martin, M. J. and Bishof, M. and Swallows, M. D. and Zhang, X. and Benko, C. and von-Stecher, J. and Gorshkov, A. V. and Rey, A. M. and Ye, Jun (2013) A quantum many-body spin system in an optical lattice clock. Science, 341 (6146). pp. 632-636. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.1236929. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130607-140404018

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Abstract

Strongly interacting quantum many-body systems arise in many areas of physics, but their complexity generally precludes exact solutions to their dynamics. We explored a strongly interacting two-level system formed by the clock states in ^(87)Sr as a laboratory for the study of quantum many-body effects. Our collective spin measurements reveal signatures of the development of many-body correlations during the dynamical evolution. We derived a many-body Hamiltonian that describes the experimental observation of atomic spin coherence decay, density-dependent frequency shifts, severely distorted lineshapes, and correlated spin noise. These investigations open the door to further explorations of quantum many-body effects and entanglement through use of highly coherent and precisely controlled optical lattice clocks.


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Additional Information:© 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 22 February 2013; accepted 1 July 2013. We thank S. Blatt, J. Thomsen, W. Zhang, T. Nicholson, J. Williams, B. Bloom, and S. Campbell for technical help and A. D. Ludlow, K. R. A. Hazzard, M. Foss-Feig, A. J. Daley, and J. K. Thompson for discussions. The work is supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Optical Lattice Emulator Program administered by Army Research Office, NSF, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research. M.B. acknowledges support from the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship program. A.V.G. acknowledges support from NSF IQIM, the Lee A. DuBridge Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)UNSPECIFIED
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Optical Lattice Emulator ProgramUNSPECIFIED
Army Research Office (ARO)UNSPECIFIED
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)UNSPECIFIED
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship programUNSPECIFIED
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)UNSPECIFIED
Lee A. DuBridge FoundationUNSPECIFIED
Gordon and Betty Moore foundationUNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:6146
DOI:10.1126/science.1236929
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Deposited On:11 Jun 2013 18:27
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