Heisenberg-Limited Noisy Atomic Clock Using a Hybrid Coherent and Squeezed State Protocol
Year: 2020
Authors: Pezzè L., Smerzi A.
Autors Affiliation: INO CNR, QSTAR, Largo Enrico Fermi 2, I-50125 Florence, Italy; LENS, Largo Enrico Fermi 2, I-50125 Florence, Italy
Abstract: We propose a hybrid quantum-classical atomic clock where the interrogation of atoms prepared in a spin-coherent (or weakly squeezed) state is used to feed back one or more highly spin-squeezed atomic states toward their optimal phase-sensitivity point. The hybrid clock overcomes the stability of a single Ramsey clock using coherent or optimal spin-squeezed states and reaches a Heisenberg-limited stability while avoiding nondestructive measurements. When optimized with respect to the total number of particles, the protocol surpasses the state-of-the-art proposals that use Greenberger-Home-Zeilinger or NOON states. We compare analytical predictions with numerical simulations of clock operations, including correlated 1/f local oscillator noise.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 125 (21) Pages from: 210503-1 to: 210503-7
KeyWords: PROJECTION NOISE; QUANTUM; ENTANGLEMENT; GENERATION; TIMESDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.210503Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click here
