Spin squeezing in a Rydberg lattice clock

Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Mar 14;112(10):103601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.103601. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Abstract

We theoretically demonstrate a viable approach to spin squeezing in optical lattice clocks via optical dressing of one clock state to a highly excited Rydberg state, generating switchable atomic interactions. For realistic experimental parameters, these interactions are shown to generate over 10 dB of squeezing in large ensembles within a few microseconds and without degrading the subsequent clock interrogation.