@article{12095, author = {Michael Perlin and Chunlei Qu and Ana Maria Rey}, title = {Spin squeezing with short-range spin-exchange interactions}, abstract = {We investigate many-body spin squeezing dynamics in an XXZ model with interactions that fall off with distance r as 1/rα in D=2 and 3 spatial dimensions. In stark contrast to the Ising model, we find a broad parameter regime where spin squeezing comparable to the infinite-range α=0 limit is achievable even when interactions are short-ranged, α>D. A region of ``collective'' behavior in which optimal squeezing grows with system size extends all the way to the α→∞ limit of nearest-neighbor interactions, where achievable squeezing is primarily limited by the coherence time of a system. We identify the boundary between collective and Ising-limited squeezing behaviors with a dynamical phase transition between regions of parametrically distinct entanglement growth. Our predictions are testable in a variety of experimental cold atomic, molecular, and optical platforms.}, year = {2020}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, volume = {125}, chapter = {223401}, pages = {223401}, month = {2020-11}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.223401}, }