title: Continuous quantum measurement with independent detector cross correlations.
abstract: We investigate the advantages of using two independent, linear detectors for continuous quantum measurement. For single-shot measurement, the detection process may be quantum limited if the detectors are twins. For weak continuous measurement, cross correlations allow a violation of the Korotkov-Averin bound for the detector's signal-to-noise ratio. The joint weak measurement of noncommuting observables is also investigated, and we find the cross correlation changes sign as a function of frequency, reflecting a crossover from incoherent relaxation to coherent, out of phase oscillations. Our results are applied to a double quantum-dot charge qubit, simultaneously measured by two quantum point contacts.
authors.affiliation: Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Büttiker