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In this chapter, we study the various quantum limits. We also deal with quantum non-demolition (QND) as well as continuous measurements.
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Orszag, M. (2016). Measurements, Quantum Limits and All That. In: Quantum Optics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29037-9_18
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