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[-] Hux@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

We design an interferometric configuration where the single atom serves as an ultralight, quantum-limit beam splitter that is momentum entangled with the input photon. By varying the trap depth of the optical tweezer, we dynamically tune the atom’s intrinsic momentum uncertainty, thus enabling the observation of a gradual shift in the visibility of single-photon interference. The interferometer also allows us to distinguish the classical noise caused by atom heating from the quantum-limited noise due to the momentum transfer, illustrating a quantum-to-classical transition.

this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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