Can a quantum nondemolition measurement improve the sensitivity of an atomic magnetometer?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Auzinsh, M ^a   Budker, D ^b,c   Kimball, D F ^b   Rochester, S M ^b   Stalnaker, J E ^b   Sushkov, A O ^b   Yashchuk, V V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOT NOISE;

ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; HEISENBERG LIMIT; PUMP BEAMS; QUANTUM NONDEMOLITION (QND) MEASUREMENTS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 19744381671     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.173002     Document Type: Article

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