Entanglement-Enhanced Magnetic Induction Tomography

Wenqiang Zheng, Hengyan Wang, Rebecca Schmieg, Alan Oesterle, Eugene Simon Polzik*

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Abstract

Magnetic induction tomography (MIT) is a sensing protocol exploring conductive objects via their response to radio-frequency magnetic fields. MIT is used in nondestructive testing ranging from geophysics to medical applications. Atomic magnetometers, employed as MIT sensors, allow for significant improvement of the MIT sensitivity and for exploring its quantum limits. Here, we propose and verify a quantum-enhanced version of the atomic MIT by combining it with conditional spin squeezing and stroboscopic backaction evasion. We use this quantum enhancement to demonstrate sensitivity beyond the standard quantum limits of one-dimensional quantum MIT detecting a conductive sample.
Original languageEnglish
Article number203602
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume130
Issue number20
Number of pages13
ISSN0031-9007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 May 2023

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Quantum Optics
  • Magnetic induction tomography
  • Quantum-enhanced sensing
  • Light-atom interaction

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