Faraday rotation is one way to realize quantum non-demolition measurement of electron spin in quantum dots. To describe Faraday rotation, semiclassical models are typically used, based on quantized electron spin states and classical electromagnetic fields. Such treatments neglect the entanglement between electronic and photonic degrees of freedom that produce intrinsic quantum noise, limiting the ultimate sensitivity of this technique. We present a fully quantum-mechanical description of Faraday rotation, and quantify this intrinsic noise. A method for measuring the purity of a given spin state is suggested based on this analysis.
@article{arxiv.0810.5095,
title = {Intrinsic Quantum Noise in Faraday Rotation Measurements of a Single Electron Spin},
author = {Yanjun Ma and Jeremy Levy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5095},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages with 8 figures; make FIG 1 be color; add some labels in FIG 5 and FIG 6; change the content of the first paragraph of introduction