Introduction to quantum noise, measurement, and amplification

AA Clerk, MH Devoret, SM Girvin, F Marquardt… - Reviews of Modern …, 2010 - APS
The topic of quantum noise has become extremely timely due to the rise of quantum
information physics and the resulting interchange of ideas between the condensed matter …

Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical

WH Zurek - Reviews of modern physics, 2003 - APS
The manner in which states of some quantum systems become effectively classical is of
great significance for the foundations of quantum physics, as well as for problems of …

Quantum-enhanced measurements: beating the standard quantum limit

V Giovannetti, S Lloyd, L Maccone - Science, 2004 - science.org
Quantum mechanics, through the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, imposes limits on the
precision of measurement. Conventional measurement techniques typically fail to reach …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental issues in coherent quantum-state manipulation of trapped atomic ions

DJ Wineland, C Monroe, WM Itano… - Journal of research of …, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods for, and limitations to, the generation of entangled states of trapped atomic ions are
examined. As much as possible, state manipulations are described in terms of quantum …

Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle

B Schmandt, SD Jacobsen, TW Becker, Z Liu… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The high water storage capacity of minerals in Earth's mantle transition zone (410-to 660-
kilometer depth) implies the possibility of a deep H2O reservoir, which could cause …

Quantum non-demolition measurements in optics

P Grangier, JA Levenson, JP Poizat - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Quantum non-demolition measurements are designed to circumvent the limitations imposed
by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle when performing repeated measurements of quantum …

Dissipation in nanoelectromechanical systems

M Imboden, P Mohanty - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
This article is a review of the dissipation processes in nanoelectromechanical systems
(NEMS). As NEMS technology becomes more and more prevalent in research and …

Witnessing quantum coherence: from solid-state to biological systems

CM Li, N Lambert, YN Chen, GY Chen, F Nori - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Quantum coherence is one of the primary non-classical features of quantum systems. While
protocols such as the Leggett-Garg inequality (LGI) and quantum tomography can be used …

Macroscopic quantum mechanics: theory and experimental concepts of optomechanics

Y Chen - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid experimental progress has recently allowed the use of light to prepare macroscopic
mechanical objects into nearly pure quantum states. This research field of quantum …

Nanometre-scale displacement sensing using a single electron transistor

RG Knobel, AN Cleland - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
It has been a long-standing goal to detect the effects of quantum mechanics on a
macroscopic mechanical oscillator,,. Position measurements of an oscillator are ultimately …