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Mean spin direction and spin squeezing in superpositions of spin coherent states

  • Dong Yan EMAIL logo , Xiaoguang Wang , Lijun Song and Zhanguo Zong
From the journal Open Physics

Abstract

We consider the mean spin direction (MSD) of superpositions of two spin coherent states (SCS) | ± μ〉, and superpositions of | μ〉 and | μ*〉 with a relative phase. We find that the azimuthal angle exhibits a π transition for both states when we vary the relative phase. The spin squeezing of the states, and the bosonic counterpart of the mean spin direction are also discussed.

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