"Interaction-based quantum metrology and the Heisenberg limit."
- Date: Nov 29, 2011
- Time: 12:30 PM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Morgan Mitchell, The Institute of Photonic Sciences ( ICFO), Barcelona
- Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
- Host: MPQ
Quantum Metrology uses entanglement and other quantum resources to improve the sensitivity of interferometric measurements. Strongly-interacting light-matter systems, or "quantum interfaces", offer several routes to improvedsensitivity, including quantum non-demolition measurements, squeezing-enhanced optical readout of atomic sensors, and interaction-based measurements. I will describe recent experimental work that applies these quantum techniques in optical magnetometry, including sensitivity enhancements using optical entanglement, generation of squeezed states in magnetically-sensitive atomic ensembles, and interaction-based spin measurements that scale better than the so-called ''Heisenberg limit'' of measurement sensitivity.