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Proposal for Spin-Synchronization in Cold Rubidium Vapor

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Abstract

Synchronization of coherently driven quantum mechanical spin systems is investigated theoretically. Starting from a microscopic framework that accounts for several auxiliary states in the rubidium-87 hyperfine state manifolds, an effective master equation for the spin-1 system is derived. Several level schemes and protocols for observing synchronization are benchmarked. Focusing on the so-called synchronization blockade [1], various synchronization measures are discussed and contrasted. To model an experimental protocol for the read-out of the coherences, which govern a subset of the synchronization measures, the propagation of read-out beams through a non-interacting atomic vapor is simulated by self-consistently solving the full atomic master equation and Maxwell's equations.



[1] R. Tan, C. Bruder, and M. Koppenhoefer, Quantum 6, 885 (2022).

Presenters

  • Xylo Molenda

    Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

Authors

  • Xylo Molenda

    Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

  • Shan Zhong

    Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Quantum Research and Technology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, The University of Oklahoma

  • Xingli Li

    Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

  • Yangqian Yan

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China

  • A. M. Marino

    University of Oklahoma and Quantum Information Science Section, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

  • Doerte Blume

    The University of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Quantum Research and Technology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma