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Finer sub-Planck structures and displacement sensitivity of SU(1,1) circular states

Quantum Physics 2026-02-17 v1

Abstract

Quantum states with sub-Planck features exhibit sensitivity to phase-space displacements beyond the standard quantum limit, making them useful for quantum metrology. In the context of the SU(1,1) group, sub-Planck features have been constructed through the superposition of four Perelomov coherent states on the hyperbolic plane (the SU(1,1) compass state). However, these structures differ in scale along different phase-space directions, resulting in nonuniform sensitivity enhancement. We overcome this limitation by constructing n\overline{n}-component compass states, which are obtained by superposing n6\overline{n} \geq 6 SU(1,1) coherent states, with an even total number, evenly arranged along a circular path on the hyperbolic plane; that is, all components lie at the same distance from the origin and have equal angular spacing of 2πn\frac{2\pi}{\overline{n}}. These generalized SU(1,1) compass states generate circularly shaped sub-Planck features (isotropic sub-Planckness) and provide uniform enhancement in sensitivity to phase-space displacements. As the number of coherent states n\overline{n} increases, these refinements progressively improve. While verified for n=16\overline{n} = 16 SU(1,1) coherent states, the results remain valid for superpositions with arbitrarily large n\overline{n} components.

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@article{arxiv.2602.14752,
  title  = {Finer sub-Planck structures and displacement sensitivity of SU(1,1) circular states},
  author = {Naeem Akhtar and Jia-Xin Peng and Tariq Aziz and Xiaosen Yang and Dong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14752},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures