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Multimode squeezed light is a key resource for high-dimensional quantum technologies, enhancing metrological sensitivity, boosting communication security, and enabling parallel processing in computation. Its practical potential, however,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Mahmoud Kalash , Aditya Sudharsanam , M. H. M. Passos , Valentina Parigi , Maria Chekhova

I consider the role of detection noise in quantum-enhanced metrology in collective spin systems, and derive a fundamental bound for the maximum obtainable sensitivity for a given level of added detection noise. I then present an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Simon A. Haine

In quantum reading, a quantum state of light (transmitter) is applied to read classical information. In the presence of noise or for sufficiently weak signals, quantum reading can outperform classical reading by enhanced state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-22 Wojciech Roga , Daniela Buono , Fabrizio Illuminati

Three different noise moments of field strength, intensity, and their correlations are simultaneously measured. For this purpose a homodyne cross-correlation measurement [W. Vogel, Phys. Rev. A 51, 4160 (1995)] is implemented by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 B. Kühn , W. Vogel , M. Mraz , S. Köhnke , B. Hage

At absolute zero temperature, thermal noise vanishes when a physical system is in its ground state, but quantum noise remains as a fundamental limit to the accuracy of experimental measurements. Such a limitation, however, can be mitigated…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Zhao , A. V. Bragas , D. J. Lockwood , R. Merlin

Squeezed light, with its quantum noise reduction capabilities, has emerged as a powerful resource in quantum information processing and precision metrology. To reach noise reduction levels such that a quantum advantage is achieved, off-chip…

Squeezing is a crucial resource for quantum information processing and quantum sensing. In levitated nanomechanics, squeezed states of motion can be generated via temporal control of the trapping frequency of a massive particle. However,…

The fundamental quantum interferometry bound limits the sensitivity of an interferometer for a given total rate of photons and for a given decoherence rate inside the measurement device.We theoretically show that the recently reported…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-15 Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski , Konrad Banaszek , Roman Schnabel

We propose an experiment to extract ponderomotive squeezing from an interferometer with high circulating power and low mass mirrors. In this interferometer, optical resonances of the arm cavities are detuned from the laser frequency,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Corbitt , Y. Chen , F. Khalili , D. Ottaway , S. Vyatchanin , S. Whitcomb , N. Mavalvala

Quantum fluctuations in the phase and amplitude quadratures of light set limitations on the sensitivity of modern optical instruments. The sensitivity of the interferometric gravitational wave detectors, such as the Advanced Laser…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-26 D. V. Martynov , V. V. Frolov , S. Kandhasamy , K. Izumi , H. Miao , N. Mavalvala , E. D. Hall , R. Lanza , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , C. Adams , R. X. Adhikari , S. B. Anderson , A. Ananyeva , S. Appert , K. Arai , S. M. Aston , S. W. Ballmer , D. Barker , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , J. Bartlett , I. Bartos , J. C. Batch , A. S. Bell , J. Betzwieser , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , S. Biscans , C. Biwer , C. D. Blair , R. Bork , A. F. Brooks , G. Ciani , F. Clara , S. T. Countryman , M. J. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , K. Danzmann , C. F. Da Silva Costa , E. J. Daw , D. DeBra , R. T. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , J. C. Driggers , S. E. Dwyer , A. Effler , T. Etzel , M. Evans , T. M. Evans , M. Factourovich , H. Fair , A. Fernández Galiana , R. P. Fisher , P. Fritschel , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , E. Goetz , R. Goetz , S. Gras , C. Gray , H. Grote , K. E. Gushwa , E. K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , G. Hammond , J. Hanks , J. Hanson , T. Hardwick , G. M. Harry , M. C. Heintze , A. W. Heptonstall , J. Hough , R. Jones , S. Karki , M. Kasprzack , S. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , N. Kijbunchoo , E. J. King , P. J. King , J. S. Kissel , W. Z. Korth , G. Kuehn , M. Landry , B. Lantz , N. A. Lockerbie , M. Lormand , A. P. Lundgren , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , S. Márka , Z. Márka , A. S. Markosyan , E. Maros , I. W. Martin , K. Mason , T. J. Massinger , F. Matichard , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , S. McCormick , G. McIntyre , J. McIver , G. Mendell , E. L. Merilh , P. M. Meyers , J. Miller , R. Mittleman , G. Moreno , G. Mueller , A. Mullavey , J. Munch , L. K. Nuttall , J. Oberling , P. Oppermann , Richard J. Oram , B. O'Reilly , D. J. Ottaway , H. Overmier , J. R. Palamos , H. R. Paris , W. Parker , A. Pele , S. Penn , M. Phelps , V. Pierro , I. Pinto , M. Principe , L. G. Prokhorov , O. Puncken , V. Quetschke , E. A. Quintero , F. J. Raab , H. Radkins , P. Raffai , S. Reid , D. H. Reitze , N. A. Robertson , J. G. Rollins , V. J. Roma , J. H. Romie , S. Rowan , K. Ryan , T. Sadecki , E. J. Sanchez , V. Sandberg , R. L. Savage , R. M. S. Schofield , D. Sellers , D. A. Shaddock , T. J. Shaffer , B. Shapiro , P. Shawhan , D. H. Shoemaker , D. Sigg , B. J. J. Slagmolen , B. Smith , J. R. Smith , B. Sorazu , A. Staley , K. A. Strain , D. B. Tanner , R. Taylor , M. Thomas , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , E. Thrane , C. I. Torrie , G. Traylor , G. Vajente , G. Valdes , A. A. van Veggel , A. Vecchio , P. J. Veitch , K. Venkateswara , T. Vo , C. Vorvick , M. Walker , R. L. Ward , J. Warner , B. Weaver , R. Weiss , P. Weßels , B. Willke , C. C. Wipf , J. Worden , G. Wu , H. Yamamoto , C. C. Yancey , Hang Yu , Haocun Yu , L. Zhang , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig

Broadband suppression of quantum noise below the Standard Quantum Limit (SQL) becomes a top-priority problem for the future generation of large-scale terrestrial detectors of gravitational waves, as the interferometers of the Advanced LIGO…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-06 N. V. Voronchev , S. P. Tarabrin , S. L. Danilishin

We discuss how large amounts of steady-state quantum squeezing (beyond 3 dB) of a mechanical resonator can be obtained by driving an optomechanical cavity with two control lasers with differing amplitudes. The scheme does not rely on any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-23 Andreas Kronwald , Florian Marquardt , Aashish A. Clerk

In a recent table-top experiment we demonstrated the compatibility of three advanced interferometer techniques for gravitational wave detection, namely power-recycling, detuned signal-recycling and squeezed field injection. The…

The two 4 km long gravitational wave detectors operated by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) were modified in 2008 to read out the gravitational wave channel using the DC readout form of homodyne detection and…

Estimation of an optical beam's transverse displacement is a canonical imaging problem fundamental to numerous optical imaging and sensing tasks. Quantum enhancements to the measurement precision in this problem have been studied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Wenhua He , Christos N. Gagatsos , Dalziel J. Wilson , Saikat Guha

Squeezed light finds many important applications in quantum information science and quantum metrology, and has been produced in a variety of physical systems involving optical nonlinear processes. Here, we show how a nonlinear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-01 Jie Li , Yi-Pu Wang , J. Q. You , Shi-Yao Zhu

True random numbers are extracted through measurements of vacuum fluctuations in quantum state components. We propose an improved scheme utilizing an optimization-based simulation methodology to enhance the temporal resolution of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 Hong Lin , Mengmeng Liu , Xiaomin Guo , Yue Luo , Qiqi Wang , Zhijie Song , Yanqiang Guo , Liantuan Xiao

The generation and application of squeezed light have long been central goals of quantum optics, enabling sensing below the standard quantum limit, optical quantum computing platforms, and more. Intensity noise squeezing of bright…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-08 Sahil Pontula , Jamison Sloan , Nicholas Rivera , Marin Soljacic

Quantum metrology enables estimation of optical phase shifts with precision beyond the shot-noise limit. One way to exceed this limit is to use squeezed states, where the quantum noise of one observable is reduced at the expense of…

Optical quantum computing, as well as quantum communication and sensing technology based on quantum correlations are in preparation. These require photodiodes for the detection of about 10^16 photons per second with close to perfect quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Leif Albers , Jan-Malte Michaelsen , Roman Schnabel