• DocumentCode
    3642225
  • Title

    Quantum-light-enhanced optical magnetometry

  • Author

    F. Wolfgramm;A. Cerè;Y. A. de Icaza Astiz;F. A. Beduini;A. Predojević;M. Koschorreck;M. W. Mitchell

  • Author_Institution
    ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a light-shot-noise-limited magnetometer based on the Faraday effect in a hot unpolarized ensemble of rubidium atoms. By using off-resonant, polarization-squeezed probe light, we improve the sensitivity of the magnetometer by 3.2 dB.
  • Keywords
    "Magnetic field measurement","Magnetometers","Magnetic noise","Atomic measurements","Sensitivity","Optical polarization","Atom optics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/QELS.2011.QTuJ1
  • Filename
    5951604