Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 163002 (2007) [4 pages]Quantum Control of the Hyperfine Spin of a Cs Atom EnsembleReceived 1 June 2007; published 16 October 2007 We demonstrate quantum control of a large spin angular momentum associated with the F=3 hyperfine ground state of 133Cs. Time-dependent magnetic fields and a static tensor light shift are used to implement near-optimal controls and map a fiducial state to a broad range of target states, with yields in the range 0.8–0.9. Squeezed states are produced also by an adiabatic scheme that is more robust against errors. Universal control facilitates the encoding and manipulation of qubits and qudits in atomic ground states and may lead to the improvement of some precision measurements. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.163002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.163002
PACS:
32.80.Qk, 02.30.Yy, 39.25.+k, 42.50.−p
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