Quantum backaction in spinor-condensate magnetometry
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S. K. Steinke,1,2 S. Singh,3 P. Meystre,1 K. C. Schwab,2 and M. Vengalattore4 1B2 Institute, Department of Physics and College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, MC 128-95, Pasadena, California 91125, USA 3Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA 4Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA (Received 12 November 2012; revised manuscript received 26 August 2013; published 3 December 2013)
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