The sensitivity properties of an SU(1,1) interferometer made of two cascaded parametric amplifiers, as well as of an ordinary SU(2) interferometer preceded by a squeezer and followed by an anti-squeezer, are theoretically investigated. Several possible experimental configurations are considered, such as the absence or presence of a seed beam, direct or homodyne detection scheme. In all cases we formulate the optimal conditions to achieve phase super-sensitivity, meaning a sensitivity overcoming the shot-noise limit. We show that for a given gain of the first parametric amplifier, unbalancing the interferometer by increasing the gain of the second amplifier improves the interferometer properties. In particular, a broader super-sensitivity phase range and a better overall sensitivity can be achieved by gain unbalancing.
@article{arxiv.1607.07332,
title = {Improving the phase super-sensitivity of squeezing-assisted interferometers by squeeze factor unbalancing},
author = {Mathieu Manceau and Farid Khalili and Maria Chekhova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.07332},
year = {2017}
}