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Optimal Position Detection of a Dipolar Scatterer in a Focused Field

arXiv:1907.12838 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.043821

Abstract

We theoretically analyze the problem of detecting the position of a classical dipolar scatterer in a strongly focused optical field. We suggest an optimal measurement scheme and show that it resolves the scatterer's position in three dimensions at the Heisenberg limit of the imprecision-backaction product. We apply our formalism to levitated-optomechanics experiments and show that backscattering detection provides sufficient information to feedback-cool the particle's motion along the optical axis to a phonon occupancy below unity under realistic experimental conditions.

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