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Tomography of a Number-Resolving Detector by Reconstruction of an Atomic Many-Body Quantum State

Mareike Hetzel*, Luca Pezzè, Cebrail Pür, Martin Quensen, Andreas Hüper, Jiao Geng, Jens Kruse, Luis Santos, Wolfgang Ertmer, Augusto Smerzi, Carsten Klempt

*Korrespondierende*r Autor*in für diese Arbeit

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Abstract

The high-fidelity analysis of many-body quantum states of indistinguishable atoms requires the accurate counting of atoms. Here we report the tomographic reconstruction of an atom-number-resolving detector. The tomography is performed with an ultracold rubidium ensemble that is prepared in a coherent spin state by driving a Rabi coupling between the two hyperfine clock levels. The coupling is followed by counting the occupation number in one level. We characterize the fidelity of our detector and show that a negative-valued Wigner function is associated with it. Our results offer an exciting perspective for the high-fidelity reconstruction of entangled states and can be applied for a future demonstration of Heisenberg-limited atom interferometry.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer260601
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang131
Ausgabenummer26
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 26 Dez. 2023

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

  • Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

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