Reduced spin measurement back-action for a phase sensitivity ten times beyond the standard quantum limit

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 731-736

  Bohnet, J G ^a,b   Cox, K C ^a   Norcia, M A ^a   Weiner, J M ^a   Chen, Z ^a,c   Thompson, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBES; QUANTUM OPTICS;

APPLICATIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM NOISE LIMIT; SPIN SQUEEZED STATE; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMITS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 84906950876     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.151     Document Type: Article

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