Ensembles of weakly interacting atoms have enabled some of the most precise measurements ever made. Now researchers have shown that making these atoms work together in a strongly interacting regime can boost sensitivity by orders of magnitude.
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Dong-Sheng Ding, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
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Whitlock, S. Many atoms make sensors better. Nat. Phys. 18, 1391–1392 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01785-8
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