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Using spontaneous parametric down conversion and a 50:50 beam splitter, we generate coaxial polarization-entangled photon pairs, of which the two photons are far separated from each other. The photons are then sent one by one through one…

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We exercise rapid and fine control over the phase of light by transferring digitally gen- erated phase jumps from radio frequency (rf) electrical signals onto light by means of acousto-optic interaction. By tailoring the statistics of phase…

We experimentally demonstrate optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer utilizing displaced Sagnac configuration to enhance its phase stability. The interferometer with footprint of 27x40 cm offers individually accessible paths and shows phase…

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,…

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The fractional quantum Hall states have long been predicted to be a testing ground of fractional (anyonic) exchange statistics. These topological states harbor quasiparticles with fractional charges of both abelian and non-abelian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Hemanta Kumar Kundu , Sourav Biswas , Nissim Ofek , Vladimir Umansky , Moty Heiblum

In the field of quantum precision measurement, enhancing phase sensitivity is crucial for various applications, including quantum metrology and quantum sensing technologies. We theoretically investigate the improvement in phase sensitivity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Tao Jiang , Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Nanrun Zhou , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

In ref [Phys. Rev. A 106, 013720], the scheme of quantum non-demolition measurement of optical quanta that uses a resonantly enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in optical microresonators was analyzed theoretically. It was shown that using the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Stepan Balybin , Dariya Salykina , Farid Ya. Khalili

We investigate the benefits of probabilistic non-Gaussian operations in phase estimation using difference-intensity and parity detection-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI). We consider an experimentally implementable model to perform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-01 Manali Verma , Chandan Kumar , Karunesh K. Mishra , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

Precise measurements in optical and atomic systems often rely on differential interferometry. This method allows to handle large and correlated phase noise contributions -- such as environmental vibrations, thermal fluctuations, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Luca Pezzè , Andrea Santoni , Chiara Mazzinghi , Marco Fattori , Augusto Smerzi

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 demonstrate a 2-grating free electron Mach-Zehnder interferometer constructed in a transmission electron microscope. A symmetric binary phase grating and condenser lens system forms two spatially separated, focused probes at the sample…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-13 Cameron W. Johnson , Amy E. Turner , Benjamin J. McMorran

We consider Mach-Zehnder and Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometers with nonclassical states of light as input, and study the effect that dispersion inside the interferometer has on the sensitivity of phase measurements. We study in detail a number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. S. Simon , A. V. Sergienko , T. B. Bahder

This study investigates the use of orbital angular momentum (OAM) to enhance phase estimation in Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) by employing non-Gaussian states as input resources in the presence of noise. Our research demonstrates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Yong-Jian Chen , Jin-Wei Gao , Jin-Xuan Han , Zhong-Hui Yuan , Ruo-Qi Li , Yong-Yuan Jiang , Jie Song

We propose a scheme to achieve a Mach-Zehnder interferometry using a quantized Bose-Josephson junction with negative charging energy. The quantum adiabatic evolution through a dynamical bifurcation is used to accomplish the beam splitting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chaohong Lee

A beam splitter is a key component used to direct and combine light paths in various optical and microwave systems. It plays a crucial role in devices like interferometers, such as the Mach-Zehnder and Hong-Ou-Mandel setups, where it splits…

Probabilistic amplification through photon addition, at the output of an Mach-Zehnder interferometer is discussed for a coherent input state. When a metric of signal to noise ratio is considered, nondeterministic, noiseless amplification of…

A novel method of macroscopically entangled light-pair generation is presented for a quantum laser using randomness-based deterministic phase control of coherent light in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). Unlike the particle nature-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-10 Byoung S. Ham

Number state filtered coherent states are a class of nonclassical states obtained by removing one or more number states from a coherent state. Phase sensitivity of an interferometer is enhanced if these nonclassical states are used as input…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-09 Nilakantha Meher , S. Sivakumar

We use a Mach-Zehnder quantum Hall interferometer of a novel design to investigate the interference effects at fractional filling factors. Our device brings together the advantages of usual Mach-Zehnder and Fabry-Perot quantum Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 E. V. Deviatov , S. V. Egorov , G. Biasiol , L. Sorba

Photonic microring resonators are used in a variety of chip-integrated sensing applications where they allow one to measure transmission intensity changes upon external signals with a sensitivity that scales linearly with the Q factor. In…