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Quantum entanglement has been generated and verified in cold-atom experiments and used to make atom-interferometric measurements below the shot-noise limit. However, current state-of-the-art cold-atom devices exploit separable (i.e.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-13 Stuart S. Szigeti , Onur Hosten , Simon A. Haine

The high degree of control available over individual atoms enables precision tests of fundamental physical concepts. In this Letter, we experimentally study how precision measurements can be improved by preparing entangled states immune to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 Eli Megidish , Joseph Broz , Nicole Greene , Hartmut Häffner

We show that the quantum Fisher information provides a sufficient condition to recognize multi-particle entanglement in a $N$ qubit state. The same criterion gives a necessary and sufficient condition for sub shot-noise phase sensitivity in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. Pezze' , A. Smerzi

We study the phase sensitivity of SU(2) and SU(1,1) interferometers fed by two-mode field states which are intelligent states for Hermitian generators of the SU(2) and SU(1,1) groups, respectively. Intelligent states minimize uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. Brif , A. Mann

The classically defined minimum uncertainty of the optical phase is known as the standard quantum limit or shot-noise limit (SNL) originating in the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. Based on SNL, the phase sensitivity is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Byoung S. Ham

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

Absolute sensitivity is measured for the phase measurement in an SU(1,1) type interferometer and the results are compared to that of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer operated under the condition of the same intra-interferometer intensity. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Wei Du , Jun Jia , J. F. Chen , Z. Y. Ou , Weiping Zhang

We study Fock state interferometry, consisting of a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with two Fock state inputs and photon-number-resolved detection at the two outputs. We show that it allows discrimination of a discrete number of apriori-known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-16 Reihaneh Shahrokhshahi , Saikat Guha , Olivier Pfister

Quantum-enhanced metrology can be achieved by entangling a probe with an auxiliary system, passing the probe through an interferometer, and subsequently making measurements on both the probe and auxiliary system. Conceptually, this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Simon A. Haine , Stuart S. Szigeti

The concepts of separability, entanglement, spin-squeezing and Heisenberg limit are central in the theory of quantum enhanced metrology. In the current literature, these are well established only in the case of linear interferometers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 P. Hyllus , L. Pezzé , A. Smerzi

Quantum phase estimation is a paradigmatic problem in quantum sensing andmetrology. Here we show that adaptive methods based on classical machinelearning algorithms can be used to enhance the precision of quantum phase estimation when noisy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Nelson Filipe Costa , Yasser Omar , Aidar Sultanov , Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu

Precise measurement of the angular deviation of an object is a common task in science and technology. Many methods use light for this purpose. Some of these exploit interference effects to achieve technological advantages, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 G. H. Aguilar , R. S. Piera , P. L. Saldanha , R. L. de Matos Filho , S. P. Walborn

Interferometers operating at or close to quantum limits of precision have found wide application in tabletop searches for physics beyond the standard model, the study of fundamental forces and symmetries of nature and foundational tests of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-12 H. F. H. Cheung , Y. S. Patil , L. Chang , S. Chakram , M. Vengalattore

Accurate phase estimation plays a pivotal role in quantum metrology, yet its precision is significantly affected by noise, particularly phase-diffusive noise caused by phase drift. To address this challenge, the joint estimation of phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Ben Wang , Minghao Mi , Huangqiuchen Wang , Qian Xie , Lijian Zhang

Presence of harmful noise is inevitable in entanglement-enhanced sensing systems, requiring careful allocation of resources to optimize sensing performance in practical scenarios. We advocate a simple but effective strategy to improve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Allen Zang , Tian-Xing Zheng , Peter C. Maurer , Frederic T. Chong , Martin Suchara , Tian Zhong

In the quantum sensing context most of the efforts to design novel quantum techniques of sensing have been constrained to idealized, noise-free scenarios, in which effects of environmental disturbances could be neglected. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-17 C. Vitelli , N. Spagnolo , L. Toffoli , F. Sciarrino , F. De Martini

Quantum noise will be the dominant noise source for the advanced laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors currently under construction. Squeezing-enhanced laser interferometers have been recently demonstrated as a viable technique…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 Katherine L Dooley , Emil Schreiber , Henning Vahlbruch , Christoph Affeldt , Jonathan R Leong , Holger Wittel , Hartmut Grote

We analyze the ultimate bounds on the phase sensitivity of an interferometer, given the constraint that the state input to the interferometer's initial 50:50 beamsplitter $B$ is a product state of the two input modes. Requiring a product…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-17 Matthias D. Lang , Carlton M. Caves

In this work, we propose a new form of exponential quantum advantage in the context of sensing correlated noise. Specifically, we focus on the problem of estimating parameters associated with Lindblad dephasing dynamics, and show that…

Quantum sensors are used for precision timekeeping, field sensing, and quantum communication. Comparisons among a distributed network of these sensors are capable of, for example, synchronizing clocks at different locations. The performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-29 Benjamin K. Malia , Yunfan Wu , Julián Martínez-Rincón , Mark A. Kasevich