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Momentum Entanglement for Atom Interferometry (2010.15796v2)
Published 29 Oct 2020 in quant-ph, cond-mat.quant-gas, and physics.atom-ph
Abstract: Compared to light interferometers, the flux in cold-atom interferometers is low and the associated shot noise large. Sensitivities beyond these limitations require the preparation of entangled atoms in different momentum modes. Here, we demonstrate a source of entangled atoms that is compatible with state-of-the-art interferometers. Entanglement is transferred from the spin degree of freedom of a Bose-Einstein condensate to well-separated momentum modes, witnessed by a squeezing parameter of -3.1(8) dB. Entanglement-enhanced atom interferometers open up unprecedented sensitivities for quantum gradiometers or gravitational wave detectors.