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Measuring correlations of cold-atom systems using multiple quantum probes

Abstract:
We present a non-destructive method to probe a complex quantum system using multiple impurity atoms as quantum probes. Our protocol provides access to different equilibrium properties of the system by changing its coupling to the probes. In particular, we show that measurements with two probes reveal the system's non-local two-point density correlations, for probe-system contact interactions. We illustrate our findings with analytic and numerical calculations for the Bose-Hubbard model in the weakly and strongly-interacting regimes, in conditions relevant to ongoing experiments in cold atom systems.
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Published
Peer review status:
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10.1103/PhysRevA.94.053634

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Role:
Author


Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review A More from this journal
Volume:
94
Issue:
5
Article number:
053634
Publication date:
2016-11-01
Acceptance date:
2016-11-03
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EISSN:
1094-1622
ISSN:
1050-2947


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uuid:ecc21a87-447e-4786-82c1-65629cbff90a
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658016
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2016-11-11

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