Unbounded quantum Fisher information in two-path interferometry with finite photon number
Quantum Physics
2015-05-28 v5
Abstract
The minimum error of unbiased parameter estimation is quantified by the quantum Fisher information in accordance to the Cram\'{e}r-Rao bound. We indicate that only superposed NOON states by simultaneous measurements can achieve the maximum quantum Fisher information with form for a given photon number distribution by a POVM in linear two-path interferometer phase measurement. We present a series of specified superposed states with infinite quantum Fisher information but with finite average photon numbers. The advantage of this unbounded quantum Fisher information will be beneficial to many applications in quantum technology.
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@article{arxiv.1105.2990,
title = {Unbounded quantum Fisher information in two-path interferometry with finite photon number},
author = {Y. R. Zhang and G. R. Jin and J. P. Cao and W. M. Liu and H. Fan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2990},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages and 3 figures