Publications

Journal Articles & Preprints

E. S. Cooper, P. Kunkel, A. Periwal, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Graph States of Atomic Ensembles Engineered by Photon-Mediated Entanglement," Nature Physics (2024).

J. A. Hines, S. V. Rajagopal, G. L. Moreau, M. D. Wahrman, N. A. Lewis, O. Markovic, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Spin Squeezing by Rydberg Dressing in an Array of Atomic Ensembles," Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 063401 (2023).

A. Periwal, E. S. Cooper, P. Kunkel, J. F. Wienand, E. J. Davis, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Programmable Interactions and Emergent Geometry in an Array of Atom Clouds," Nature 600, 630-635 (2021).

G. Anikeeva, O. Markovic, V. Borish, J. A. Hines, S. V. Rajagopal, E. S. Cooper, A. Periwal, A. H. Safavi-Naeini, E. J. Davis, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Number partitioning with Grover’s algorithm in central spin systems," PRX Quantum 2, 020319 (2021).

E. J. Davis, A. Periwal, E. S. Cooper, G. Bentsen, S. J. Evered, K. Van Kirk, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Protecting spin coherence in a tunable Heisenberg model," Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 060402 (2020).

V. Borish, O. Marković, J. A. Hines, S. V. Rajagopal, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Transverse-field Ising dynamics in a Rydberg-dressed atomic gas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 063601 (2020).

G. Bentsen, I.-D. Potirniche, V. B. Bulchandani, T. Scaffidi, X. Cao, X. Qi, M. Schleier-Smith, and E. Altman. "Integrable and chaotic dynamics of spins coupled to an optical cavity," Phys. Rev. X 9, 041011 (2019).

G. Bentsen, T. Hashizume, A. S. Buyskikh, E. J. Davis, A. J. Daley, S. S. Gubser, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Treelike interactions and fast scrambling with cold atoms," Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 130601 (2019).  Featured as Editors' Suggestion.

X.-L. Qi, E. Davis, A. Periwal, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Measuring operator size growth in quantum quench experiments," arXiv:1906.00524[cond-mat.stat-mech].

E. Davis, G. Bentsen, L. Homeier, T. Li, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Photon-mediated spin-exchange dynamics of spin-1 atoms," Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 010405 (2019). Featured as Editors' Suggestion.

J. Marino, Y. Shchadilova, M. Schleier-Smith, and E. Demler. "Spectrum, Landau–Zener theory and driven-dissipative dynamics of a staircase of photons," New Journal of Physics 21, 013009 (2019).

E. Davis, Z. Wang, A. Safavi-Naeini, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Painting non-classical states of spin or motion with shaped single photons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 123602 (2018).

J. Borregaard, E. D. Davis, G. S. Bentsen, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and A. S. Sorensen . "One- and two-axis squeezing of atomic ensembles in optical cavities," New Journal of Physics 19, 093021 (2017).

I.-D. Potirniche, A. C. Potter, M. Schleier-Smith, A. Vishwanath, and N. Y. Yao. "Floquet symmetry-protected topological phases in cold-atom systems," Phys. Rev. Lett.119, 123601 (2017).

B. Swingle, G. Bentsen, M. Schleier-Smith, and P. Hayden. "Measuring the scrambling of quantum information," Phys. Rev. A 94, 040302(R) (2016).  Featured in PRA's 50th Anniversary Milestones.

T. Li, L. Duca, M. Reitter, F. Grusdt, E. Demler, M. Endres, M. Schleier-Smith, I. Bloch, and U. Schneider. "Bloch state tomography using Wilson lines," Science 352, 1094 (2016).

E. Davis, G. Bentsen, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Approaching the Heisenberg limit without single-particle detection," Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 053601 (2016).

L. Duca, T. Li, M. Reitter, I. Bloch, M. Schleier-Smith, and U. Schneider. "An Aharonov-Bohm interferometer for determining Bloch band topology," Science 347, 288 (2015):

S. K. Baur, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and N. Cooper. "Dynamic optical superlattices with topological bands," Phys. Rev. A 89, 051605(R) (2014): PDF

Invited Papers

G. Bentsen, E. J. Davis, L. Homeier, A. Periwal, E. Cooper, K. Van Kirk, and M. Schleier-Smith.  "Photon-mediated spin-mixing dynamics," Proceedings of SPIE 109342P (2019).

E. Davis, G. Bentsen, T. Li, and M. Schleier-Smith. "Advantages of Interaction-Based Readout for Quantum Sensing," Proceedings of SPIE 10118, 101180Z (2017): PDF.

Commentary

Solving a Puzzle with Atomic Qubits, Science: Perspective (2022): PDF

Measure in Circles, Nature Physics: News and Views 18, 124-125 (2022): Full Text

Squeezing out higher precision, Science: Perspective (2019): PDF

Probing information scrambling, Nature Physics: News & Views (2017): PDF

Hybridizing quantum physics and engineering, Physical Review Letters 117, 100001 (2016): PDF

Pure photons for quantum communications, Physics: Viewpoint 7, 6 (2014).

Theses

Older Publications (through 2013)

Journal Articles

R. P. McConnell, H. Zhang, S. Cuk, J. Hu, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and V. Vuletić. "Generating entangled spin states for quantum metrology by single-photon detection,'' Phys. Rev. A 88, 063802 (2013): PDF

H. Zhang, R. P. McConnell, S. Cuk, Q. Lin, M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, and V. Vuletić. "Collective state measurement of mesoscopic ensembles with single-atom resolution," Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 133603 (2012): PDF

I. D. Leroux, M. H. Schleier-Smith, H. Zhang, and V. Vuletić. "Unitary cavity spin squeezing by quantum erasure," Phys. Rev. A 85, 013803 (2012): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, H. Zhang, M. A. Van Camp, and V. Vuletić. "Optomechanical cavity cooling of an atomic ensemble," Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 143005(2011): PDF + Supplemental Material

I. D. Leroux, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and V. Vuletić. "Orientation-dependent entanglement lifetime in a squeezed atomic clock," Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 250801 (2010):

I. D. Leroux, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and V. Vuletić. "Implementation of cavity squeezing of a collective atomic spin," Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 073602 (2010): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, and V. Vuletić. "Squeezing the collective spin of a dilute atomic ensemble by cavity feedback," Phys. Rev. A 81, 021804(R) (2010): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, and V. Vuletić. "States of an ensemble of two-level atoms with reduced quantum uncertainty," Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 073604 (2010): PDF + Supplemental Material

M. Schnell, P. Lützow, J. van Veldhoven, H. Bethlem, J. Küpper, B. Friedrich, M. Schleier-Smith, H. Haak, and G. Meijer. "A linear AC trap for polar molecules in their ground state," J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 7411-7419 (2007): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, L. D. van Buuren, J. M. Doyle, S. N. Dzhosyuk, D. M. Gilliam, C. E. H. Mattoni, D. N. McKinsey, L. Yang, and P. R. Huffman. "The production of nitrogen-13 by neutron capture in boron compounds," Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B 215, 531-536 (2004): PDF

A. N. Kolmogorov, V. H. Crespi, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and J. C. Ellenbogen. "Nanotube-substrate interactions: distinguishing carbon nanotubes by the helical angle," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 085503 (2004): PDF

Invited Papers

H. Tanji-Suzuki, Ian D. Leroux, M.~H. Schleier-Smith, M. Cetina, A. Grier, J. Simon, and V. Vuletić. ``Interaction between Atomic Ensembles and Optical Resonators: Classical Description,'' Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 60, 201 (2011): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, and V. Vuletić. "Preparation of reduced-quantum-uncertainty input states for an atomic clock," Proceedings of SPIE 7431, 743107 (2009): PDF.

I. D. Leroux, M. H. Schleier-Smith, and V. Vuletić. "Producing squeezed input states for an atomic clock using an optical cavity," Frequency Control Symposium, Joint with the 22nd European Frequency and Time Forum. IEEE International, 220-225 (2009): PDF

M. H. Schleier-Smith, I. D. Leroux, and V. Vuletić. "Spin squeezing on an atomic-clock transition," Proceedings of the XXI International Conference on Atomic Physics, 107 (2008): PDF

Book Chapter

"Microchip-based trapped-atom clocks," in Atom Chips, ed. J. Reichel and V. Vuletić, 265-282 (Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH, 2011).

Popular Article

"Good timing," Imagine magazine of the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (2011).

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