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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6. A.M. Zagoskin, E. Il'ichev, M.W. McCutcheon, J. Young, F. Nori
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8. J. Zhang, Y.X. Liu, F. Nori
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10. S. Ashhab, F. Nori
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11. N. Lambert, C. Emary, Y.N. Chen, F. Nori
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12. J.R. Johansson, G. Johansson, C.M. Wilson, F. Nori
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13. S. De Liberato, N. Lambert, F. Nori
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14. J. Ma, X. Wang, C. P. Sun, F. Nori
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15. P.D. Nation, J.R. Johansson, M.P. Blencowe, F. Nori
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16. A.M. Zagoskin, E. Il’ichev, F. Nori
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17. A.M. Zagoskin, S. Savel'ev, F. Nori, F.V. Kusmarsev
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18. J. Dressel, F. Nori
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19. V. Macri, F. Nori, S. Savasta, D. Zueco
    Spin squeezing by one-photon–two-atom excitation processes in atomic ensembles
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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
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22. W. Qin, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Beating the 3 dB Limit for Intracavity Squeezing and Its Application to Nondemolition Qubit Readout
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23. F. Nori
    Squeezed quantum hybrid system: Giant enhancement of magnon-phonon-spin interactions
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24. W. Qin, F. Nori
    Enhanced Interactions Using Quantum Squeezing
    Physics 17, 64 (2024). [PDF][Link]

25. W. Qin, A.F. Kockum, C.S. Munoz, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Quantum amplification and simulation of strong and ultrastrong coupling of light and matter
    Physics Reports 1078, pp. 1-59 (2024). [PDF][Link][arXiv] (published online May 23, 2024)

26. Y.C. Weng, D. Xu, Z. Chen, L.Z. Tan, X.K. Gu, J. Li, H.F. Yu, S.Y. Zhu, X. Hu, F. Nori, J.Q. You
    Magnon squeezing in the quantum regime
    Nature Communications, in press (2026). [Manuscript][Link_1][Link_2][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]

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