Resolution in rotation measurements

DOI10.1080/09500340500186156MaRDI QIDQ5290840zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephen M. Barnett, Roberta Zambrini

Publication date 3 May 2006

Published in Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503224

zbMATH Keywords

angular momentumoptical interferometryLaguerre-Gaussian modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: The limiting resolution in optical interferometry is set by the number of photons used, with the functional dependence determined by the state of light that is prepared. We consider the problem of measuring the rotation of a beam of light about an optical axis and show how the limiting resolution depends on the total number of quanta of orbital angular momentum carried by the light beam.

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