@article {2581, title = {Back-action evading impulse measurement with mechanical quantum sensors}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {102}, year = {2020}, month = {8/28/2020}, type = {FERMILAB-PUB-19-537-T}, abstract = {

The quantum measurement of any observable naturally leads to noise added by the act of measurement. Approaches to evade or reduce this noise can lead to substantial improvements in a wide variety of sensors, from laser interferometers to precision magnetometers and more. In this paper, we develop a measurement protocol based upon pioneering work by the gravitational wave community which allows for reduction of added noise from measurement by coupling an optical field to the momentum of a small mirror. As a specific implementation, we present a continuous measurement protocol using a double-ring optomechanical cavity. We demonstrate that with experimentally-relevant parameters, this protocol can lead to significant back-action noise evasion, yielding measurement noise below the standard quantum limit over many decades of frequency.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.102.023525}, url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.11892.pdf}, author = {Sohitri Ghosh and Daniel Carney and Peter Shawhan and J. M. Taylor} }