Generation of a squeezed state of an oscillator by stroboscopic back-action-evading measurement

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 389-392

  Vasilakis, G ^a   Shen, H ^a   Jensen, K ^a   Balabas, M ^a,b   Salart, D ^a   Chen, B ^a,c   Polzik, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; LIGHT SOURCES; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ATOMIC ENSEMBLE; BACK ACTION EVADING; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING; OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY; SPIN SQUEEZED STATE; SQUEEZED STATE; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMITS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84929032044     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3280     Document Type: Article

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