AC Stark shift noise in QND measurement arising from quantum fluctuations of light polarization
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AC Stark shift noise in QND measurement arising from quantum fluctuations of light polarization

• Author(s): Auzinsh, M;
• Budker, D;
• Kimball, DF;
• Rochester, SM;
• Stalnaker, JE;
• Sushkov, AO;
• Yashchuk, VV
• et al.
Abstract

In a recent letter [Auzinsh {\it{et. al.}} (physics/0403097)] we have analyzed the noise properties of an idealized atomic magnetometer that utilizes spin squeezing induced by a continuous quantum nondemolition measurement. Such a magnetometer measures spin precession of $N$ atomic spins by detecting optical rotation of far-detuned probe light. Here we consider maximally squeezed probe light, and carry out a detailed derivation of the contribution to the noise in a magnetometric measurement due to the differential AC Stark shift between Zeeman sublevels arising from quantum fluctuations of the probe polarization.

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