Entanglement-enhanced magnetic induction tomography

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how entanglement and spin squeezing in atomic magnetometers can enhance the sensitivity of magnetic induction tomography beyond classical limits, with potential applications in nondestructive testing.

Contribution

It introduces entanglement-enhanced MIT using spin squeezed states in atomic magnetometers, surpassing the standard quantum limit in sensitivity.

Findings

Achieved sensitivity improvement beyond the standard quantum limit.

Generated entangled and spin squeezed states of atoms.

Demonstrated enhanced one-dimensional MIT sensitivity.

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 report entanglement-enhanced MIT with an atomic magnetometer used as the sensing element. We generate an entangled and spin squeezed state of atoms of the sensor by stroboscopic quantum non-demolition measurement. We then utilize this spin state to demonstrate the improvement of one-dimensional MIT sensitivity beyond the standard quantum limit.