General framework for estimating the ultimate precision limit in noisy quantum-enhanced metrology

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Escher, B M ^a   De Matos Filho, R L ^a   Davidovich, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS; NOISY PROCESS; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PRECISION LIMITS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

PROBES;

EID: 79955659309     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1958     Document Type: Article

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