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We propose a theoretical scheme to improve the precision of phase measurement using intensity detection by implementing delocalized photon subtraction operation (D-PSO) inside the SU(1,1) interferometer, with the coherent state and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Zhihao Li , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu , Chengzhi Deng

We investigate the scaling of the phase sensitivity of a nonideal Heisenberg-limited interferometer with the particle number N, in the case of the Bayesian detection procedure proposed by Holland and Burnett [p.r.l. 71, p. 1355 (1993)] for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Raphael Pooser , Olivier Pfister

The best performance of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is achieved with the input state |N_T/2 + 1>|N_T/2-1 > + |N_T/2 - 1>|N_T/2+1>, being N_T the total number of atoms/photons. This gives: i) a phase-shift error confidence C_{68%}=2.67/N_T…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Luca Pezze' , Augusto Smerzi

Multi-photon quantum interference is the underlying principle for optical quantum information processing protocols. Indistinguishability is the key to quantum interference. Therefore, the success of many protocols in optical quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Liang Cui , Jie Su , Jiamin Li , Yuhong Liu , Xiaoying Li , Z. Y. Ou

We theoretically propose a scheme to perform rotation sensing in a Whispering-gallery-mode resonator setup. With the assistance of a large detuned two-level atom, which induces the effective coupling between clockwise and counterclockwise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Weijun Cheng , Zhihai Wang , Xiaoguang Wang

We study the spatial mode content at the output of a wide-field SU(1,1) interferometer, i.e. a nonlinear interferometer comprising two coherently-pumped spatially-multimode optical parametric amplifiers placed in sequence with a focusing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Gaetano Frascella , Roman V. Zakharov , Olga V. Tikhonova , Maria V. Chekhova

Quantum interferometric sensing plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications, including quantum metrology, quantum imaging, and quantum lithography, where minute phase shifts carry valuable physical information. The strength of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Samata Gokhale , Netanel P. Yaish , Michal Natan , Saar Levin , Yogesh Dandekar , Avi Pe'er

We study the sensitivity and resolution of phase measurement in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two-mode squeezed vacuum (<n> photons on average). We show that super-resolution and sub-Heisenberg sensitivity is obtained with parity…

The canonical Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed with a coherent state and a squeezed-vacuum state of equal intensities is theoretically predicted to achieve Heisenberg scaling in phase sensitivity. However, this ultimate performance is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Yi Gu , Song-Ping Wang , Wei Zhong

The ultimate precision of phase estimation is limited by the Heisenberg scaling $\Delta\phi_0 = K/N$, where $K\sim1$ is a numerical prefactor and $N$ is the mean number of photons interacting with the phase shifting object(s). However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 D. I. Salykina , V. S. Liamin , V. L. Gorshenin , B. N. Nougmanov , F. Ya. Khalili

We propose a novel method for enhancing phase estimation in the displacement-assisted SU(1,1) (DSU(1,1)) interferometer by incorporating the photon recycling technique, evaluated under single-intensity detection (SID) and homodyne detection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Taj Kumar , Aviral Kumar Pandey , Anand Kumar , Devendra Kumar Mishra

The SU(1,1) interferometer was originally conceived as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with the beam-splitters replaced by parametric amplifiers. The parametric amplifiers produce states with correlations that result in enhanced phase…

We provide general bounds of phase estimation sensitivity in linear two-mode interferometers. We consider probe states with a fluctuating total number of particles. With incoherent mixtures of state with different total number of particles,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Luca Pezzè , Philipp Hyllus , Augusto Smerzi

Breaking the standard quantum limit in the sensing of parameters at different spatial locations, such as in a quantum network, is of great importance. Using the framework of quantum Fisher information, many strategies based on squeezed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Girish S. Agarwal

Temporal optics has attracted much attention due to its ability for lossless stretching of ultrafast temporal pulses. At the same time, spatial SU(1,1) interferometers have been widely used because of their high sensitivity to phase…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-03 Zepeng Liu , Tianyu Liu , Hongmei Ma , Chun-Hua Yuan

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

Active interferometers are designed to enhance phase sensitivity beyond the standard quantum limit by generating entanglement inside the interferometer. An atomic version of such a device can be constructed by means of a spinor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Michael Kastner , Vincent Menet , Johannes N. Kriel

Improving interferometric phase sensitivity is crucial for high-precision measurements in rapidly developing quantum technologies. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is a versatile tool for analyzing this phenomenon. By splitting and…

Bright squeezed vacuum, a promising tool for quantum information, can be generated by high-gain parametric down-conversion. However, its frequency and angular spectra are typically quite broad, which is undesirable for applications…

Utilizing nonlinear elements, SU(1,1) interferometers demonstrate superior phase sensitivity compared to passive interferometers. However, the precision is significantly impacted by photon losses, particularly internal losses. We propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-23 Qingqian Kang , Zekun Zhao , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu