Efficient generation of spin cat states with twist-and-turn dynamics via machine optimization

Spin cat states are promising candidates for achieving Heisenberg-limited quantum metrology. It is suggested that spin cat states can be generated by adiabatic evolution. However, due to the limited coherence time, the adiabatic process may be too slow to be practical. To speed up the state generation, we propose to use machine optimization to generate desired spin cat states. Our proposed scheme relies only on experimentally demonstrated one-axis twisting interactions with piecewise time-modulation of rotations designed via machine optimization. The required evolution time is much shorter than the one with adiabatic evolution and it does not make large modification to the existing experimental setups. Our protocol with machine optimization is efficient and easy to be implemented in state-of-the-art experiments.

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This article proposes a scheme to generate spin cat states using machine optimization, which relies only on experimentally demonstrated interactions and time modulation of rotations designed via machine optimization. Compared to adiabatic evolution, the proposed scheme has a significantly shorter evolution time and requires less modification to existing experimental setups. It is efficient and easy to implement in state-of-the-art experiments.