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The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting

Sensitive estimation of angular displacements using weak measurements

Omar S. Magaña‐Loaiza, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Brandon Rodenburg, Robert W. Boyd

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate an experimental method that allows for sensitive measurements of angular position of light using weak value amplification. This offers an alternative to previously established methods that use nonclassical light for angular displacement estimation.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2013.m6.45

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