Controlling Quantum Noise in Condensed Matter: Squeezed Phonons, Quantum Control and Quantum Noise Suppression

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2. X. Hu, F. Nori
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3. X. Hu, F. Nori
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4. X. Hu, F. Nori
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5. F. Xue, Y.X. Liu, C.P. Sun, F. Nori
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6. A.M. Zagoskin, E. Il'ichev, M.W. McCutcheon, J. Young, F. Nori
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7. N. Lambert, F. Nori
   Detecting quantum-coherent nanomechanical oscillations using the current noise spectrum of a double quantum dot
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8. J. Zhang, Y.X. Liu, F. Nori
   Cooling and squeezing the fluctuations of a nanomechanical beam by indirect quantum feedback control
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9. A.N. Omelyanchouk, S. Savel'ev, A.M. Zagoskin, E. Il'ichev, F. Nori
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10. S. Ashhab, F. Nori
    Qubit-oscillator systems in the ultrastrong-coupling regime and their potential for preparing nonclassical states
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11. N. Lambert, C. Emary, Y.N. Chen, F. Nori
    Distinguishing quantum and classical transport through nanostructures
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12. J.R. Johansson, G. Johansson, C.M. Wilson, F. Nori
    Dynamical Casimir effect in superconducting microwave circuits
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13. S. De Liberato, N. Lambert, F. Nori
    Quantum noise in photothermal cooling
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14. J. Ma, X. Wang, C. P. Sun, F. Nori
    Quantum spin squeezing
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15. P.D. Nation, J.R. Johansson, M.P. Blencowe, F. Nori
    Stimulating uncertainty: Amplifying the quantum vacuum with superconducting circuits
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16. A.M. Zagoskin, E. Il’ichev, F. Nori
    Heat cost of parametric generation of microwave squeezed states
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17. A.M. Zagoskin, S. Savel'ev, F. Nori, F.V. Kusmarsev
    Squeezing as the source of inefficiency in the quantum Otto cycle
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18. J. Dressel, F. Nori
    Certainty in Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle: Revisiting definitions for estimation errors and disturbance
    Phys. Rev. A 89, 022106 (2014). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

19. V. Macri, F. Nori, S. Savasta, D. Zueco
    Spin squeezing by one-photon–two-atom excitation processes in atomic ensembles
    Phys. Rev. A 101, 053818 (2020). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

20. L. Tang, J. Tang, M. Chen, F. Nori, M. Xiao, K. Xia
    Quantum Squeezing Induced Optical Nonreciprocity
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 083604 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

21. K. Xu, Y.R. Zhang, Z.H. Sun, H. Li, P. Song, Z. Xiang, K. Huang, H. Li, Y.H. Shi, C.T. Chen, X. Song, D. Zheng, F. Nori, H. Wang, H. Fan
    Metrological Characterization of Non-Gaussian Entangled States of Superconducting Qubits
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 150501 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

22. W. Qin, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Beating the 3 dB Limit for Intracavity Squeezing and Its Application to Nondemolition Qubit Readout
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 123602 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

23. F. Nori
    Squeezed quantum hybrid system: Giant enhancement of magnon-phonon-spin interactions
    Science China: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 66, 110331 (2023). [PDF][Link]

24. W. Qin, F. Nori
    Enhanced Interactions Using Quantum Squeezing
    Physics 17, 64 (2024). [PDF][Link]

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