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Quantum Limits on Measurement and Control of a Mechanical Oscillator

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Abstract

One narrative that provides the appropriate context for this thesis is the use of electromagnetic radiation as a tool for precision measurement. Various historic threads that reinforce this story is briefly presented here.

The history of science shows that even during the phase of her progress in which she devotes herself to improving the accuracy of the numerical measurement of quantities with which she has long been familiar, she is preparing the materials for the subjugation of the new regions, which would have remained unknown if she had been contented with the rough methods of her early pioneers.

James Clerk Maxwell

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    As reported by Anthemius of Tralles in his On Burning Glasses, ca. 700 years after the event.

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    On the other hand, electrically charged particles (electrons and ions) were being manipulated using radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, which naturally forces a charged particle [23, 24].

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    Remarkably, the Roman poet-philosopher Titus Lucretius, in his poem De Rerum Natura (ca. 60 BC), described the spontaneous motion of dust particles suspended in a sun beam falling across a dark room, and conjectured the presence of an invisible agency responsible for the movement.

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Sudhir, V. (2018). Prologue. In: Quantum Limits on Measurement and Control of a Mechanical Oscillator. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69431-3_1

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