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Scalable interferometers lie at the heart of photonic quantum technologies, but their expansion has been fundamentally limited by optical losses that grow with circuit depth. Here, we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Abhinav Verma , Jacob Hastrup , Jonas S. Neergaard-Nielsen , Ulrik L. Andersen

Boson Sampling is a task that is conjectured to be computationally hard for a classical computer, but which can be efficiently solved by linear-optical interferometers with Fock state inputs. Significant advances have been reported in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Nicolò Spagnolo , Daniel J. Brod , Ernesto F. Galvão , Fabio Sciarrino

We propose a new protocol for on-line quantum system estimation on the basis of continuous weak-measurements with the help of compressive sensing and the optimization algorithm. By directly measuring the state of the probe system, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 S. Cong , K. Li , S. Harraz , 1 Y. Tang , J. Yang

Quantum optics plays a crucial role in developing quantum computers on different platforms. In photonics, precise control over light's degrees of freedom, including discrete variables (polarization, photon number, orbital angular momentum)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 J. S. Araujo , K. Khan , A. S. Coelho

We present an interferometric sensor for investigating macroscopic quantum mechanics on a table-top scale. The sensor consists of pair of suspended optical cavities with a finesse in excess of 100,000 comprising 10 g fused-silica mirrors.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Jiri Smetana , Tianliang Yan , Vincent Boyer , Denis Martynov

Compressive sensing is the newly emerging method in information technology that could impact array beamforming and the associated engineering applications. However, practical measurements are inevitably polluted by noise from external…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-12 Siyang Zhong , Xun Huang

Measurement-induced nonclassical effects in a two-mode interferometer are investigated theoretically using numerical simulations and analytical results. We demonstrate that for certain parameters measurements within the interferometer lead…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-24 M. Riabinin , P. R. Sharapova , T. J. Bartley , T. Meier

Gaussian states, operations, and measurements are central building blocks for continuous-variable quantum information processing which paves the way for abundant applications, especially including network-based quantum computation and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Mengzhen Zhang

We show that squeezing is a crucial resource for interferometers based on the spatial separation of ultra-cold interacting matter. Atomic interactions lead to a general limitation for the precision of these atom interferometers, which can…

We propose an interferometric scheme for the estimation of a linear combination with non-negative weights of an arbitrary number $M>1$ of unknown phase delays, distributed across an $M$-channel linear optical network, with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-04 Dario Gatto , Paolo Facchi , Frank Narducci , Vincenzo Tamma

I propose a superoscillation measurement method for subdiffraction incoherent optical sources, with potential applications in astronomy, remote sensing, fluorescence microscopy, and spectroscopy. The proposal, based on coherent optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-10 Mankei Tsang

A novel approach for measuring fast oscillations of an absolute value of interferometer optical path difference (OPD) has been developed. The principles of frequency-scanning interferometry are utilized for registration of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-01 Nikolai Ushakov , Leonid Liokumovich

We propose a novel interferometer by using optical transverse modes in multimode waveguide that can beat the standard quantum limit. In the scheme, the classical simulation of $N$-partical quantum entangled states is generated by using $N$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Fu

We investigated the estimation of an unknown Gaussian process (containing displacement, squeezing and phase-shift) applied to a matter system. The state of the matter system is not directly measured; instead, we measure an optical mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 László Ruppert , Radim Filip

The ability to perform high-precision optical measurements is paramount to science and engineering. Laser interferometry enables interaction-free sensing with a precision ultimately limited by shot noise. Quantum optical sensors can surpass…

We analyze the operation of a novel sensor based on atom interferometry, which can achieve supra-classical sensitivity by exploiting quantum correlations in mixed states of many qubits. The interferometer is based on quantum gates which use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-05 Calum MacCormick , Silvia Bergamini , Chris Mansell , Hugo Cable , Kavan Modi

The symmetrization postulate in quantum mechanics is formally reflected in the appearance of an exchange phase ruling the symmetry of identical particle global states under particle swapping. Many indirect measurements of this fundamental…

The present work describes a website designed for remote teaching of optical measurements using lasers. It enables senior undergraduate and postgraduate students to learn theoretical aspects of the subject and also have a means to perform…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-03-02 Veena Singh , Richa Dubey , P. K. Panigrahi , K. Muralidhar

We demonstrate a high performance AOM based bi-frequency interferometer, which can realize either beating or beating free interference for single photon level quantum state. Visibility and optical efficiency of the interferometer are (99.5…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Wenqi Li , Qiqi Deng , Xueshi Guo , Xiaoying Li

Quantum metrology offers the potential to surpass its classical counterpart, pushing the boundaries of measurement precision toward the ultimate Heisenberg limit. This enhanced precision is normally attained by utilizing large squeezed…