Quantum Electron Tracker, or How to Use Atoms to Diagnoze Charge Particles and Plasmas

Invited Talk

I Novikova1, R Behary1, N DeStefano1, M Vorobiov1, E E Mikhailov1, S A Aubin1

1 Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, USA

Seminar: S7 — Quantum Information Science

Thursday, 9 July 2026 · 17:10 – 17:35

Abstract

Atoms are the most natural quantum sensors. We take advantage of the recent advances in highly sensitive tools of atomic magnetometry and electrometry to obtain information about spatial charged particle distributions in electron beams and low temperature plasmas. We will also discuss the possibility of quantum enhancement using atom-based squeezed light.