Monday, November 12, 2012

1211.2123 (Antonio Negretti et al.)

Estimation of classical parameters via continuous probing of
complementary quantum observables
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Antonio Negretti, Klaus Molmer
We discuss how continuous probing of a quantum system allows estimation of unknown classical parameters embodied in the Hamiltonian of the system. We generalize the stochastic master equation associated with continuous observation processes to a Bayesian filter equation for the probability distribution of the desired parameters, and we illustrate its application by estimating the direction of a magnetic field. In our example, the field causes a ground state spin precession in a two-level atom which is detected by the polarization rotation of off-resonant optical probes, interacting with the atomic spin components.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2123

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