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We analyze the fundamental resolution of incoherent optical point sources from the perspective of a quantum detection problem: deciding whether the optical field on the image plane is generated by one source or two weaker sources with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-07 Xiao-Ming Lu , Ranjith Nair , Mankei Tsang

Interferometric complementarity is known to be one of the most nonclassical manifestations of the quantum formalism. It is commonly known as wave-particle duality and has been studied presently from the perspective of quantum information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-13 Gautam Sharma , Mohd Asad Siddiqui , Shiladitya Mal , Sk Sazim , Aditi Sen De

Accurate phase estimation in the presence of unknown phase diffusive noise is a crucial yet challenging task in noisy quantum metrology. This problem is particularly interesting due to the detrimental impact of the associated noise. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Jayanth Jayakumar , Monika E. Mycroft , Marco Barbieri , Magdalena Stobińska

We propose a parity-controlled gate within a two-dimensional Rydberg atom array, enabling efficient discrimination between even and odd parities of virtually excited control atoms by monitoring the dynamic evolution of an auxiliary atom.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 F. Q. Guo , S. L. Su , Weibin Li , X. Q. Shao

Methods borrowed from the world of quantum information processing have lately been used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of quantum detectors. Here we analyze the use of stabilizer quantum error-correction codes for the purpose of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-15 Roee Ozeri

Parity measurement is a central tool to many quantum information processing tasks. In this Letter, we propose a method to directly measure two- and four-qubit parity with low overhead in hard- and software, while remaining robust to…

Quantum metrology of an incoherent signal is a canonical sensing problem related to superresolution and noise spectroscopy. We show that quantum computing can accelerate searches for a weak incoherent signal when the signal and noise are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 James W. Gardner , Federico Belliardo , Gideon Lee , Tuvia Gefen , Liang Jiang

Quantum phenomena such as entanglement can improve fundamental limits on the sensitivity of a measurement probe. In optical interferometry, a probe consisting of $N$ entangled photons provides up to a $\sqrt{N}$ enhancement in phase…

Precise measurements are the key to advances in all fields of science. Quantum entanglement shows higher sensitivity than achievable by classical methods. Most physical quantities including position, displacement, distance, angle, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Shi-Long Liu , Shi-Kai Liu , Yin-Hai Li , Dong-Sheng Ding , Guang-Can Guo , Bao-Sen Shi

Estimation of quantum states and measurements is crucial for the implementation of quantum information protocols. The standard method for each is quantum tomography. However, quantum tomography suffers from systematic errors caused by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-19 Adam C. Keith , Charles H. Baldwin , Scott Glancy , E. Knill

This paper discusses work developed in recent years, in the domain of quantum optics, which has led to a better understanding of the classical limit of quantum mechanics. New techniques have been proposed, and experimentally demonstrated,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Luiz Davidovich

We propose a high-precision phase estimation scheme in a hybrid interferometer by synergistically combining a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter and multi-photon subtraction operations. Using a coherent state and a vacuum state as input…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Lifen Guo , Qingqian Kang , Zekun Zhao , Jifeng Sun , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Xin Su , Liyun Hu

Precision metrology underpins scientific and technological advancements. Quantum metrology offers a pathway to surpass classical sensing limits by leveraging quantum states and measurement strategies. However, measuring multiple…

We consider Mach-Zehnder and Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometers with nonclassical states of light as input, and study the effect that dispersion inside the interferometer has on the sensitivity of phase measurements. We study in detail a number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. S. Simon , A. V. Sergienko , T. B. Bahder

Analyses based on quantum metrology have shown that the ability to localize the positions of two incoherent point sources can be significantly enhanced through the use of mode sorting. Here we theoretically and experimentally investigate…

We report a theoretical and experimental study on the role of indistinguishability in the estimation of an interferometric phase. In particular, we show that the quantum Fisher information, which limits the maximum precision achievable in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Laura T. Knoll , Gustavo M. Bosyk , Ignacio H. López Grande , Miguel A. Larotonda

Optical phase-insensitive heterodyne (beat-note) detection, which measures the relative phase of two beams at different frequencies through their interference, is a key sensing technology for various spatial/temporal measurements, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 Keitaro Anai , Yutaro Enomoto , Hiroto Omura , Koji Nagano , Kiwamu Izumi , Mamoru Endo , Shuntaro Takeda

We present a theoretical study of minimum error probability discrimination, using quantum- optical probe states, of M optical phase shifts situated symmetrically on the unit circle. We assume ideal lossless conditions and full freedom for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-14 Ranjith Nair , Brent J. Yen , Saikat Guha , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Stefano Pirandola

In a noisy environment with weak single levels, quantum illumination can outperform classical illumination in determining the presence and range of a target object even in the limit of sub-optimal measurements based on non-simultaneous,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Richard J. Murchie , Jonathan D. Pritchard , John Jeffers

We optimize two-mode, entangled, number states of light in the presence of loss in order to maximize the extraction of the available phase information in an interferometer. Our approach optimizes over the entire available input Hilbert…