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Thu January 1, 2009

Near Field Electrical Detection of Optical Plasmons and Single Plasmon Sources

A. Falk, F. L. Koppens, C. L. Yu, K. Kang, N. d. L. Snapp, A. V. Akimov, M. Jo, M. D. Lukin, and H. Park, Near Field Electrical Detection of Optical Plasmons and Single Plasmon Sources, Nature Physics 5, 475-479 doi:10.1038/nphys1284 (2009).
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Thu January 1, 2009

Observartion of itinerant ferromagnetism in a strongly interacting Fermi gas of ultracold atoms

Ferromagnetism of delocalized (itinerant) fermions occurs due to repulsive interactions and the exchange energy which reduces the interaction energy for spin polarized domains due to the Pauli exclusion principle.  At a critical interaction, given by the so-called Stoner criterion [1], they system spontaneously develops domains and becomes ferromagnetic.  This, together with a suitable band structure...
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Thu January 1, 2009

Buffer-gas Cooled Bose-Einstein Condensate

Now well into its second decade, the experimental realization of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in dilute gases has led to revolutionary advances in physics. Since this achievement the field has moved quickly, with innumerable new developments in coherent atom and molecular optics and nonlinear atom optics, the observation of superfluidity in atomic gases, the study of novel quantum systems, and most recently the study of the BEC-BCS crossover. Despite the breadth of new research, however, the basic recipe for BEC is unchanged from its first realization in alkali atoms: pre-cool a hot sample utilizing laser cooling to permit trapping and provide high densities, followed by evaporative cooling to reach quantum degeneracy.

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Tue January 1, 2008

High-Sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution

J. M. Taylor, P. Cappellaro, L. Childress, L. Jiang, D. Budker, P. R. Hmmer, A. Yacoby, R. L. Walsworth, and M. D. Lukin, High-sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution, Nature Physics 4, 810-816 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Magnetic trapping of atomic nitrogen and cotrapping of NH

M. T. Hummon, W. Campbell, H. Lu, Y. Wang, and J. M. Doyle, Magnetic trapping of atomic nitrogen and cotrapping of NH, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 050702 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Magnetic Sensing with an individual electronic spin in diamond

J. R. Maze, P. L. Stanwix, J. S. Hodges, S. Hong, J. M. Taylor, P. Cappellaro, L. Jiang, G. Dutt, E. Togan, A. S. Zibrov, A. Yacoby, R. L. Walsworth, and M. D. Lukin, Magnetic Sensing with an individual electronic spin in diamond, Nature 455, 644-647 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Microfabricated Ion Trap Systems for Quantum Simulations

We have developed and tested a generation of ion traps, for the purpose of quantum information science and quantum simulations. These traps are based on semiconductor lithography, fabricated at MIT, and operated at liquid helium temperature. The traps enable systematic study of the behavior of the quantum state of trapped ions, near the surface of...
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Tue January 1, 2008

Magnetic trapping of silver and copper, and anomalous spin relaxation in the Ag-He system

M. T. Hummon, W. Campbell, H. Lu, Y. Wang, and J. M. Doyle, Magnetic trapping of atomic nitrogen and cotrapping of NH, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 050702 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Spin Squeezing on an Atomic Clock Transition

Atomic clocks, the most accurate instruments ever developed, can now operate at the Standard Quantum Limit; their uncertainty dominated by the uncorrelated projection of individual atoms into eigenstates.  Using entanglement, quantum mechanics allows one to correlate the atoms so as to redistribute or squeeze such quantum noise, reducing the uncertainty in a variable of interest.
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Tue January 1, 2008

Precision Measurement of Long Radiative Lifetimes Using Trapped Molecules

Time-Domain Measurement of Spontaneous Vibrational Decay of Magnetically Trapped NH, W.C. Campbell, G.C. Groenenboom, H. Lu, E. Tsikata, J.M. Doyle. Phys Rev Lett 100, 083003 (2008).
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