Buchler, Benjamin2008-02-192011-01-042008-02-192011-01-04b21057187http://hdl.handle.net/1885/46232The performance of optical measurement systems is ultimately limited by the quantum nature of light. In this thesis, two techniques for circumventing the standard quantum measurement limits are modelled and tested experimentally. These techniques are electro-optic control and the use of squeezed light. ...enThe Australian National UniversityQuantum noise • Radiation • pressure • Quantum nondemolition measurement • Squeezed light.200110.25911/5d7a2a72b9656