Feedback Control in Quantum Optics: An Overview of Experimental Breakthroughs and Areas of Application

2012/10/31 by Alessio Serafini
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.5402/2012/275016

published as ISRN Optics, 2012, 275016 (2012) · Spotlight article; insults for omitted relevant literature received and returned in style

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Abstract

We present a broad summary of research involving the application of quantum feedback control techniques to optical setups, from the early enhancement of optical amplitude squeezing to the recent stabilisation of photon number states in a microwave cavity, dwelling mostly on the latest experimental advances. Feedback control of quantum optical continuous variables, quantum nondemolition memories, feedback cooling, quantum state control, adaptive quantum measurements, and coherent feedback strategies will all be touched upon in our discussion.

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