Suppression of spin projection noise in broadband atomic magnetometry

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 May 27;94(20):203002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.203002. Epub 2005 May 24.

Abstract

We demonstrate that quantum nondemolition measurement, combined with a suitable parameter estimation procedure, can improve the sensitivity of a broadband atomic magnetometer by reducing uncertainty due to spin projection noise. Furthermore, we provide evidence that real-time quantum feedback control offers robustness to classical uncertainties, including shot-to-shot atom number fluctuations, that would otherwise prevent quantum-limited performance.