corner
corner

Phys. Rev. A 65, 062304 (2002) [6 pages]

Mixed collective states of many spins

Download: PDF (90 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

Janus Wesenberg and Klaus Mølmer
QUANTOP, Danish Quantum Optics Center, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark

Received 14 January 2002; published 30 May 2002

Mixed states of samples of spin s particles which are symmetric under permutations of the particles are described in terms of their total collective spin quantum numbers. We use this description to analyze the influence on spin squeezing due to imperfect initial-state preparation.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.062304
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.062304
PACS:
03.67.-a, 42.50.-p