Quantum limit for measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a noisy quantum-mechanical oscillator
arXiv:1210.3316 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.042112
Abstract
Precise measurements of tiny forces and displacements play an important role in science and technology. The precision of recent experiments, while beginning to reach the limits imposed by quantum mechanics, is necessarily spoiled by the unavoidable influence of noise. Here we obtain a quantum limit for the uncertainty in the estimation of a resonant classical force acting on a noisy quantum-mechanical oscillator. We determine the best initial state of the oscillator and the best measurement procedure, thus getting a rigorous and useful benchmark for experiments aiming to detect extremely small forces.
Main article: 4.5 pages (including references), 2 figures; Supplemental Material: 5 pages
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