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We propose a multimodal fusion network (MFN) for precise micro-displacement measurement using a modified Michelson interferometer. The model resolves the intrinsic half-wave displacement ambiguity that limits conventional single-wavelength…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-17 Zixing Jia , Jiawei Li , Ziping Chen , Xin Li

Recent years have seen the development of quantum sensing concepts utilizing nonlinear interferometers based on correlated photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). Using SPDC far from frequency degeneracy…

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We present a high-precision temporal-spatial phase-demodulation algorithm for phase-shifting interferometry (PSI) affected by random/systematic phase-stepping errors. Laser interferometers in standard optical-shops suffer from several error…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-11 Manuel Servin , Moises Padilla , Guillermo Garnica , Gonzalo Paez

We present a theoretical proposal and simulation study of a digital closed-loop thermal atomic-beam interferometer for inertial navigation applications. The scheme synchronizes phase biasing with momentum-kick reversal through the atomic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Tomoya Sato , Toshiyuki Hosoya , Martin Miranda , Hiroki Matsui , Yuki Miyazawa , Mikio Kozuma

Forthcoming space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors will employ second-generation time-delay interferometry (TDI) to suppress laser frequency noise and achieve the sensitivity required for GW detection. We introduce an inverse…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-04 Chunyu Zhang

There is a need for a cost-effective, quantitative imaging tool that can be deployed endoscopically to better detect early stage gastrointestinal cancers. Spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) is a low-cost imaging technique that produces…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-04 Jane Crowley , George S. D. Gordon

Improvements to dual-comb interferometers will benefit precision spectroscopy and sensing, distance metrology, tomography, telecommunications etc. A specific requirement of such interferometers is to enforce mutual coherence between the two…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-10 Zaijun Chen , Ming Yan , Theodor W. Hänsch , Nathalie Picqué

System equivalent flux density (SEFD) is an important figure of merit of a radio telescope. This paper aims to derive a general expression for SEFD of a polarimetric tripole interferometer. The derivation makes only two basic and reasonable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 A. T. Sutinjo , M. Kovaleva , Y. Xu

Cold-atom inertial sensors target several applications in navigation, geoscience and tests of fundamental physics. Reaching high sampling rates and high inertial sensitivities, obtained with long interrogation times, represents a challenge…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 D. Savoie , M. Altorio , B. Fang , L. A. Sidorenkov , R. Geiger , A. Landragin

Robust multisensor fusion of multi-modal measurements such as IMUs, wheel encoders, cameras, LiDARs, and GPS holds great potential due to its innate ability to improve resilience to sensor failures and measurement outliers, thereby enabling…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Woosik Lee , Patrick Geneva , Chuchu Chen , Guoquan Huang

Presented is a novel way to combine snapshot compressive imaging and lateral shearing interferometry in order to capture the spatio-spectral phase of an ultrashort laser pulse in a single shot. A deep unrolling algorithm is utilised for the…

Multimode quantum light has promising applications in many areas of physics, such as quantum communications and quantum computing. However, its multimode nature also makes it challenging to measure its properties. Recently [Optica Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 D. Scharwald , P. R. Sharapova

Inelastic back-scattering of stray light is a long-standing and fundamental problem in high-sensitivity interferometric measurements and a potential limitation for advanced gravitational-wave detectors. The emerging parasitic interferences…

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Acquiring precise information about the mode content of a laser is critical for multiplexed optical communications, optical imaging with active wave-front control, and quantum-limited interferometric measurements. Hologram-based mode…

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…

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This paper extends the treatment of system equivalent flux density (SEFD) in Sutinjo, A. T. et al. (2021) (Paper I) to interferometric phased array telescopes. The objective is to develop an SEFD formula involving only the most fundamental…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-04 A. T. Sutinjo , D. C. X. Ung , M. Sokolowski , M. Kovaleva , S. McSweeney

Ground-based gravitational wave detectors use laser interferometry to detect the minuscule distance change between test masses caused by gravitational waves. Stray light that scatters back into the interferometer causes transient signals…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-05 André Lohde , Daniel Voigt , Oliver Gerberding

Interferometers play a crucial role in high-precision displacement measurement such as gravitational-wave detection. Conventional interferometer designs require accurate laser alignment, including the laser pointing and the waist position,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-05 Xiang Lin , Peng Qiu , Yurong Liang , Xiaofang Ren , Hao Yan , Zebing Zhou

We provide a general theoretical derivation of the phase sensitivity achieved by SU(1,1) interferometers under homodyne detection. The general expressions obtained accommodate arbitrary input states and include internal and external losses.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Sonu Jana , Dhruv Baheti , Paul Grossiord , Fabien Bretenaker , Nadia Belabas , Syamsundar De

Frequency comb spectroscopy has significantly advanced molecular spectroscopy across scientific research and diverse applications. Among its key performance metrics especially for time-resolved studies, sensitivity and measurement speed are…