Ultrasensitive Atomic Spin Measurements with a Nonlinear Interferometer

We study nonlinear interferometry applied to a measurement of atomic spin and demonstrate a sensitivity that cannot be achieved by any linear-optical measurement with the same experimental resources. We use alignment-to-orientation conversion, a nonlinear-optical technique from optical magnetometry,...

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Main Authors: R. J. Sewell, M. Napolitano, N. Behbood, G. Colangelo, F. Martin Ciurana, M. W. Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-06-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021045