How to perform the most accurate possible phase measurements

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Berry, D W ^a,b   Higgins, B L ^c   Bartlett, S D ^d   Mitchell, M W ^e   Pryde, G J ^c   Wiseman, H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT STATE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FISHER INFORMATION; HEISENBERG LIMIT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; KEY FEATURE; MULTI-PASS; NONADAPTIVE MEASUREMENTS; NOON STATE; OPTIMAL MEASUREMENTS; PHASE AMBIGUITY; PHASE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM COMPUTING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TWO-MODE STATE;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; INNOVATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 74549123661     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052114     Document Type: Article

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