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Phase estimation plays a central role in communications, sensing, and information processing. Quantum correlated states, such as squeezed states, enable phase estimation beyond the shot-noise limit, and in principle approach the ultimate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 M. A. Rodríguez-García , F. E. Becerra

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 analytically investigate the sensitivity of Kerr nonlinear phase estimation in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two-mode squeezed vacuum states. We find that such a metrological scheme could access a sensitivity scaling over the Boixo…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Yun-Feng Guo , Wei Zhong , Lan Zhou , Yu-Bo Sheng

We derive, and experimentally demonstrate, an interferometric scheme for unambiguous phase estimation with precision scaling at the Heisenberg limit that does not require adaptive measurements. That is, with no prior knowledge of the phase,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-01 B. L. Higgins , D. W. Berry , S. D. Bartlett , M. W. Mitchell , H. M. Wiseman , G. J. Pryde

Based on the conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we propose a metrological scheme to improve phase sensitivity. In this scheme, we use a coherent state and a squeezed vacuum state as input states, employ multi-photon-subtraction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-08 Qisi Zhou , Qinqian Kang , Tao Jiang , Zekun Zhao , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

We address phase-shift estimation by means of squeezed vacuum probe and homodyne detection. We analyze Bayesian estimator, which is known to asymptotically saturate the classical Cramer-Rao bound to the variance, and discuss convergence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefano Olivares , Matteo G. A. Paris

When measuring a time-varying phase, the standard quantum limit and Heisenberg limit as usually defined, for a constant phase, do not apply. If the phase has Gaussian statistics and a power-law spectrum $1/|\omega|^p$ with $p>1$, then the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-19 Hossein T. Dinani , Dominic W. Berry

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

We theoretically study the phase sensitivity of an SU(1,1) interferometer with a thermal state and squeezed vacuum state as inputs and parity detection as measurement. We find that phase sensitivity can beat the shot-noise limit and…

We find a large class of pure and mixed input states with which the phase estimation precision saturates the Cramer-Rao bound under the compound measurements of parity and particle number. We further propose a quantum-phase-estimation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Haijun Xing , Libin Fu , Su Yi

Quantum metrology employs quantum resources to achieve measurement precision beyond classical limits. This work investigates a Mach--Zehnder interferometer incorporating a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter, with photon-added two-mode squeezed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-20 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Xin Su , Liyun Hu

The Cram\'er-Rao bound captures completely the performance of single-parameter quantum sensors. On the other hand, its extension to multiple parameters demands more caution. Different aspects need to be captured at once, including,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Jayanth Jayakumar , Marco Barbieri , Magdalena Stobińska

We consider the problem of quantum phase estimation with access to arbitrary measurements in a single suboptimal basis. The achievable sensitivity limit in this case is determined by the classical Cram\'{e}r-Rao bound with respect to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-19 Manuel Gessner

Squeezed light enables quantum-enhanced phase estimation, with crucial applications in both fundamental physics and emerging technologies. To fully exploit the advantage provided by this approach, estimation protocols must remain optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Giorgio Minati , Enrico Urbani , Nicolò Spagnolo , Valeria Cimini , Fabio Sciarrino

The Cram\'er-Rao bound and the quantum Fisher information have been tools used extensively for interferometric phase sensitivity. Most scenarios considering a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two input sources focused on the phase-matched…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Anca Preda , Stefan Ataman

The super-sensitivity attained in quantum phase estimation is known to be compromised in the presence of decoherence. This is particularly patent at blind spots -- phase values at which sensitivity is totally lost. One remedy is to use a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Walker Larson , Bahaa Saleh

We propose a multi-parameter quantum metrological protocol based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a squeezed vacuum input state and an anti-squeezing operation at one of its output channels. A simple and intuitive geometrical picture…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Dario Gatto , Paolo Facchi , Vincenzo Tamma

We have previously [Phys. Rev. A 65, 043803 (2002)] analyzed adaptive measurements for estimating the continuously varying phase of a coherent beam, and a broadband squeezed beam. A real squeezed beam must have finite photon flux N and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dominic W. Berry , Howard M. Wiseman

Estimating correctly the quantum phase of a physical system is a central problem in quantum parameter estimation theory due to its wide range of applications from quantum metrology to cryptography. Ideally, the optimal quantum estimator is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Marco A. Rodríguez-García , Isaac Pérez Castillo , P. Barberis-Blostein

Quantum effects like entanglement and coherent amplification can be used to drastically enhance the accuracy of quantum parameter estimation beyond classical limits. However, challenges such as decoherence and time-dependent errors hinder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Yulong Dong , Jonathan A. Gross , Murphy Yuezhen Niu