Publications

Most of the recent papers are available from the arxiv.org and hal.archives-ouvertes.fr preprint servers. See below for the correct archives and manuscript codes.

Book chapters:

``Stochastic approaches for degenerate Bose gases at finite temperature in the canonical ensemble"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, C. Lobo, I. Carusotto, E. Witkowska, Author copy (2011)
In ``Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics", S. Gardiner, N. Proukakis, M. Davis, M. Szymanska editors,
Cold Atom Series, 1, Imperial College Press, London  2013.

``Spatial and temporal coherence of a Bose-condensed gas"
Y. Castin, A. Sinatra, Author copy (2012)
In ``New Trends and Hot Topics in Atomic and Polariton Condensates", A. Bramati, M. Modugno editors,
Springer Series in Solid-State Science 177, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.

Journal Articles:

"Bounds on detection of Bell correlations with entangled ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices under occupation defects"
T. Hernández Yanes, Y. Bamaara, A. Sinatra, E. Witkowska arXiv:2409.02873 (2024)

"Effective Faraday interaction between light and nuclear spins of Helium-3 in its ground state: a semiclassical study"
M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, A. Sinatra
New Journal of Physics to appear (2024)
hal-04616423v1

"Phonon damping in a 2D superfluid: insufficiency of Fermi's golden rule at low temperature" /
"Amortissement des phonons dans un superfluide 2D : insuffisance de la règle d'or de Fermi à basse température"
Y. Castin, A. Serafin, A. Sinatra
Compte Rendus Physique 24, 187-239 (2023) - médaille d'or J. Dalibard
Open access paper hal-04168815v1

"Observing spin-squeezed states under spin-exchange collisions for a second"
M.-Z. Huang, A. de la Paz, T. Mazzoni, K. Ott, A. Sinatra, C. Garrido Alzar, J. Reichel
PRX Quantum 4, 020322 (2023)
Open access paper

Selected by INSU CNRS vers-des-horloges-atomiques-plus-precises-avec-lintrication-quantique

"Quantum-enhanced multiparameter estimation and compressed sensing of a field"
Y. Baamara, M. Gessner, A. Sinatra,
SciPost Physics 14, 050 (2023)
Open access paper hal-03740063v1

"Spin-squeezed states for metrology"
A. Sinatra
Applied Physics Letters, Perspective Letter 120, 120501 (2022).
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03508213v2 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0084096

"Noble gas and alkali spins make a coherent exchange"
A. Sinatra
Nature Physics, News & Views April (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01568-1 Author copy (2022)

"Squeezing of nonlinear spin observables by one axis twisting in the presence of decoherence: An analytical study"
Y. Baamara, A. Sinatra, M. Gessner
Comptes Rendus Physique 23, 1-26 (2022).
Open access paper


"Scaling laws for the sensitivity enhancement of non-Gaussian spin states"
Y. Baamara, A. Sinatra, M. Gessner
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 160501 (2021).
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03463943

"Etude théorique de la compression de spin nucléaire par mesure quantique non destructive en continu"
"Theoretical study of nuclear spin squeezing by continuous quantum non-demolition measurement"
A. Serafin, Y. Castin, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, A. Sinatra
Compte Rendus Physique 22, 35 (2021).
Open access paper

"Nuclear spin squeezing in Helium-3 by continuous quantum nondemolition measurement"
A. Serafin, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, A. Sinatra
Phys. Rev. Lett 127, 013601 (2021).
arXiv:2012.07216


Producing and storing spin-squeezed states and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states in a one-dimensional optical lattice"
M. Plodzien, M. Koscielski, E. Witkowska, A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev. A 102, 013328 (2020)
arXiv:2005.02676

Selected as : Editors' Suggestion

"Adiabaticity when raising a uniform optical lattice in a bimodal Bose-Einstein condensate"
Dariusz Kajtoch, Emilia Witkowska, Alice Sinatra, Phys. Rev. A 98, 023621 (2018).
 arXiv:1804.06147

"Spin-squeezed atomic crystal"
Dariusz Kajtoch, Emilia Witkowska, Alice Sinatra, Europhys. Lett 123, 20012 (2018).
 arXiv:1707.09776

"Coherence time of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an isolated harmonically trapped gas"
Y. Castin and A. Sinatra, Comptes Rendus Physique (2018).
arXiv:1803.03168

"Spontaneous spin squeezing in a rubidium BEC"
Théo Laudat, Vincent Dugrain, Tommaso Mazzoni, Meng-Zi Huang, Carlos L. Garrido Alzar, Alice Sinatra, Peter Rosenbusch, Jakob Reichel,
New. J. Phys 20, 073018 (2018).
 arXiv:1804.07536

"Landau phonon-roton theory revisited for superfluid helium 4 and Fermi gases"
Y. Castin, A. Sinatra, H. Kurkjian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 , 260402 (2017).
 arXiv:1707.09774

"Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-entangled Bose-Einstein condensates in state-dependent potentials: A dynamical study"
Hadrien Kurkjian, Krzysztof Pawłowski, and Alice Sinatra, Phys. Rev. A 96 , 013621 (2017).
 arXiv:1704.00585

"Mesoscopic quantum superpositions in bimodal Bose-Einstein condensates: Decoherence and strategies to counteract it"
K. Pawłowski, Matteo Fadel, Philipp Treutlein, Y. Castin, and A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev. A 95, 063609 (2017).
 arXiv:1703.07291

"Three-phonon and four-phonon interaction processes in a pair-condensed Fermi gas"
H. Kurkjian, Y. Castin, A. Sinatra, Annalen des Physik 529 , Issue 9, (2017).
 arXiv:1611.01954

"Landau-Khalatnikov phonon damping in strongly interacting Fermi gases"
H. Kurkjian, Y. Castin, A. Sinatra , Europhysics Lett. 116 , 40002 (2016).
 arXiv:1608.00402

"Limits of atomic entanglement by cavity-feedback : from weak to strong coupling"
K. Pawłowski, J. Est\`eve, J. Reichel, A. Sinatra , Europhysics Lett. 113 , 34005 (2016).
 arXiv:1507.07512

"Concavity of the collective excitation branch of a Fermi gas in the BEC-BCS crossover"
H. Kurkjian, Y. Castin, A. Sinatra , Phys. Rev. A 93, 013623 (2016).
 arXiv:1511.04712

"Brouillage thermique d'un gaz cohérent de fermions"
H. Kurkjian, Y. Castin, A. Sinatra, Comptes Rendus Physique 17, 789 (2016).
English version on ArXiv  arXiv:1502.05644

Sur invitation de Jean Dalibard

"Phase operators and blurring time of a pair-condensed Fermi gas"
H. Kurkjian, Y. Castin,  A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev A 88, 063623 (2013).
 arXiv:1307.7479

Selected as : Editors' choice

"Spin squeezing and EPR entanglement of two bimodal condensates in state-dependent potentials"
H. Kurkjian, K. Pawłowski, P. Treutlein, A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev A  88, 043605 (2013).
 arXiv:1307.5291

``Limit of spin squeezing in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates",
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin and E. Witkowska, Europhys. Lett. 102, 40001 (2013).
arXiv:1303.0299

``Spin Squeezing in Finite Temperature Bose-Einstein Condensates : Scaling with the system size"
A. Sinatra, E. Witkowska, Y. Castin,  Eur. Phys. Jour. ST (Special Topics) 203, 87 (2012).
  arXiv:1112.3795

Didactic long paper: ``Spin squeezing in Bose-Einstein condensates: Limits imposed by decoherence and non-zero temperature"
A. Sinatra, J.-C. Dornstetter, Y. Castin, Front. Phys. 7(1), 86 (2012).
  arXiv:1109.2401

``Limit of Spin Squeezing in Finite Temperature Bose-Einstein Condensates"
A. Sinatra, E. Witkowska, J.-C. Dornstetter, Li Yun, Y. Castin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 060404 (2011).
  arXiv:1104.1871

``Splitting a condensate on an atom chip: effect of the temperature and interactions"
K. Maussang, E.G. Marti, T. Schneider, P. Treutlein, Yun Li, A. Sinatra, R. Long, J. Estève, J. Reichel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 080403 (2010).
  arXiv:1005.1922

``Particle number fluctuations in a cloven trapped Bose gas at finite temperature"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, Yun Li, Phys. Rev. A 81, 053623 (2010).
  arXiv:1003.0761

"Atom chip based generation of entanglement for quantum metrology",
Max. F. Reidel, Pascal Böhi, Yun Li, T. W. Hänsch, A. Sinatra, P. Treutlein, Nature 464, 1170 (2010).
  arXiv:1003.1651

Featured in : AQUTE highlights. Nature News. Corriere della Sera

"Coherence time of a Bose-Einstein condensate"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, E. Witkowska, Phys. Rev. A 80, 033614 (2009).
  arXiv:0907.1025. Selected by Virtual Journal of Atomic Quantum fluids.

"Spin squeezing in a bimodal condensate: spatial dynamics and particle lossesi"
Li Yun, P. Treutlein, J. Reichel and A. Sinatra, Eur. Phys. J. B 68, 365 (2009).
  arXiv:0807.1580

"Genuine phase diffusion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the microcanonical ensemble: A classical field study"
A. Sinatra and Y. Castin, Phys. Rev. A, 78, 053615 (2008).
  arXiv:0808.1501

"Optimum spin squeezing in Bose-Einstein condensates with particle losses"
Li Yun, Y. Castin, A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 210401 (2008)
0801.0932

"Metastability exchange optical pumping of 3He at high pressure and high magnetic field"
A. Nikiel, T. Palasz, M. Suchanek, M. Abboud, A. Sinatra, Z. Olejniczak, T. Dohnalik, G. Tastevin, P.-J. Nacher Eur. Phys. J.144, 255-263 (2007)

"Optical measurement of 3He nuclear polarization for metastability exchange optical pumping studies at high magnetic field"
K. Suchanek, M. Suchanek, A. Nikiel, T. Palasz, M. Abboud, A. Sinatra, P.-J. Nacher, G. Tastevin, Z. Olejniczak, T. Dohnalik Eur. Phys. J.144, 67-74 (2007)

"Non-diffusive phase spreading of a Bose-Einstein condensate at finite temperature"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, E. Witkowska, Phys. Rev. A75, 033616 (2007)
cond-mat/0610644

"Squeezing and entangling nuclear spins in helium 3"
G. Reinaudi, A. Sinatra, A. Dantan, M. Pinard, Jour. Mod. Opt. 54, 675 (2007)
quant-ph/0512186

"Quantum fluctuations of two optical fields close to electromagnetically induced transparency"
A. Sinatra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 253601 (2006)
quant-ph/0306016

"Long-lived quantum memory with nuclear atomic spins"
A. Dantan, G. Reinaudi, A. Sinatra, F. Laloë, E. Giacobino, M. Pinard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 123002 (2005)
quant-ph/0504152. Selected by Virtual Journal of Quantum Information 2005.

"High nuclear polarization of helium-3 at low and high pressure by metastability exchange optical pumping at 1.5 Tesla"
M. Abboud, A. Sinatra, X. Maitre, G. Tastevin, P.-J. Nacher, Laser Physics, 15, n.4, 475-479 (2005)

"High nuclear polarization of helium-3 at low and high pressure by metastability exchange optical pumping at 1.5 Tesla"
M. Abboud, A. Sinatra, X. Maitre, G. Tastevin, P.-J. Nacher, Europhysics Letters, 68, n.4, 480-486 (2004)
physics/0307154

"Vortex Lattice Formation in Bose-Einstein Condensates"
C. Lobo, A. Sinatra and Y. Castin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 020403 (2004)
cond-mat/0301628
 
"Optical pumping of helium-3 at high pressure and magnetic field"
P.J. Nacher, E. Courtade, M. Abboud, A. Sinatra, G. Tastevin,T. Dohnalik
Acta Phys. Pol. B 33, 225-2236 (2002)

"The runcated Wigner method for Bose-Condensed gases: limits of validity and applications"
A. Sinatra, C. Lobo, Y. Castin, J. Phys. B 35, 3599-3631 (2002)
cond-mat/0201217

"Classical field method for time-dependent Bose-Einstein condensed gases"
 A. Sinatra, C. Lobo, Y. Castin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 8721, 210404 (2001)
cond-mat/0101210

"Efficient magneto-optical trapping of a metastable helium gas"
Dos Santos, F. Perales, J. Leonard, A. Sinatra, J. Wang, F. S. Pavone, E. Rasel, C. S. Unnikrishnan, M. Leduc,
Eur. Phys. J.-Appl. Phys.  14, 69-76 (2001)
physics/0103064

"Penning collisions of laser-cooled metastable helium atoms"
Dos Santos, F. Perales, J. Leonard, A. Sinatra, J. Wang, F. S. Pavone, E. Rasel, C. S. Unnikrishnan, M. Leduc,
Eur. Phys. J. D  14, 15-22 (2001)
physics/0103063

"A Monte Carlo formulation of the Bogolubov theory"  
 A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, C. Lobo, Journal of Mod. Opt.  47, 2629-2644 (2000)
cond-mat/0004046

"Calculation of quantum correlation spectra using the regression theorem"
Kaige Wang, A. Sinatra, L. Lugiato, Eur. Phys. J. D 12, 339-349 (2000).

"Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Two Lithium Isotopes"
M.-O. Mewes, G. Ferrari, F. Schreck,  A. Sinatra, and C. Salomon, Phys. Rev. A 61, 011403(R), 1-4 (2000).
physics/9909007

"Binary Mixtures of Bose-Einstein condensates: Phase dynamics and Spatial Dynamics'"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, Eur. Phys. J. D 8, 319-332 (2000).
cond-mat/9904353

"Spatial pump-meter quantum correlations in a vectorial Kerr medium model"
M. Hoyuelos, A. Sinatra, P. Collet, L.Lugiato and M. San Miguel, Phys. Rev. A 59, 1622-1632 (1999).

"Dynamics of two interacting Bose-Einstein condensates"
A. Sinatra, P.O. Fedichev, Y. Castin, J. Dalibard and G. Shlyapnikov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 251 (1999).
cond-mat/9809061

"Phase Dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates: Losses vs. Revivals"
A. Sinatra, Y. Castin, Eur.  Phys. J. D  4,  247-260 (1998).
physics/9802040

"Quantum Non Demolition measurements using cold trapped atoms: comparison between theory and experiment"
 A. Sinatra, J.-F. Roch, K. Vigneron,  Ph. Grelu, J.-Ph.Poizat, Kaige Wang, and P. Grangier, Phys. Rev. A 57, 2980-2995 (1998).

"Quantum Nondemolition Measurements using Cold Atoms in an Optical Cavity"
A. Sinatra, J.-F. Roch, K.Vigneron,  Ph.Grelu, J.-Ph.Poizat and P. Grangier, J. Mod. Opt.  44, 1967-1984 (1997).

"Quantum Non Demolition measurements using cold trapped atoms"
J.-F. Roch, K.Vigneron,  Ph.Grelu, A.Sinatra, J.-Ph.Poizat and P. Grangier, Phys. Rev. Lett.  78, 634-637 (1997).

"Nearly Ideal Squeezing in Degenerate Two-photon Optical Bistability"
A.Sinatra, D.Zibetti, L.A.Lugiato, F.Castelli, Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 8, 1189-1204 (1996).

"Effective Two-Level Model versus Three-Level Model"
A.Sinatra, F.Castelli, L.A.Lugiato, P. Grangier, J.Ph.Poizat, Quantum Semiclass. Opt.  7, 405-421 (1995).

"Effective Two-Level Model for Three-Level Atoms in an Optical Cavity: a Test of its validity in the Quantum Domain"
A.Sinatra, F.Castelli, L.A.Lugiato, P. Grangier, J.Ph.Poizat, Appl. Phys. B 60, S39-S48 (1995), Special Issue quantum optics.

"Back-Action induced Squeezed Light in a detuned Quantum Non-Demoli\-tion scheme"
P. Grangier, J.Ph.Poizat, P.Grelu, F.Castelli, L.A.Lugiato, A.Sinatra, J. Mod. Opt.,  41, 2241-2257 (1994).

Popularization Articles:

"Quantum noise in optics"
L. Lugiato et  A. Sinatra, Article of the Enciclopedia Treccani, edition of year 2000.

"Bose condensates make quantum leaps and bounds"
Y. Castin, R. Dum and A. Sinatra, Physics World 12 n.8, August 1999

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