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Quantum communication and clock synchronization protocols can be significantly enhanced by the careful preparation of the wavepackets of the produced photons. Following the theoretical proposal published in [Optica, 4, 84 (2017)], we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 K. Sedziak , M. Lasota , P. Kolenderski

We find a phase matching condition for enhancement of sensitivity in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer illuminated by an arbitrary state in one input port and an odd(even) state in the other port. Under this condition, the Fisher information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-17 Jing Liu , Xiaoxing Jing , Xiaoguang Wang

Sensing with undetected photons allows access to spectral regions with simultaneous detection of photons of another region and is based on nonlinear interferometry. To obtain the full information of a sample, the corresponding interferogram…

Extracting as much information as possible about an object when probing with a limited number of photons is an important goal with applications from biology and security to metrology. Imaging with a few photons is a challenging task as the…

Quantum sensors based on atom interferometers are advancing both fundamental physics and practical applications, with higher sensitivity being a key requirement for these investigations. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a sensitivity…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Sotatsu Otabe , Naoki Kaku , Tomoya Sato , Martin Miranda , Takuya Kawasaki , Mikio Kozuma

We propose a protocol able to prepare two remote and initially uncorrelated microwave modes in an entangled stationary state, which is certifiable using only local optical homodyne measurements. The protocol is an extension of continuous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-14 M. Abdi , P. Tombesi , D. Vitali

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

Solid-state quantum emitters, such as quantum dots, color centers, rare-earth dopants, and organic molecules, offer qubit systems that integrate well with chip-scale photonic and electronic devices. To fully harness their potential for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Kinfung Ngan , Shuo Sun

Physical realizations of the canonical phase measurement for the optical phase are unknown. Single-shot phase estimation, which aims to determine the phase of an optical field in a single shot, is critical in quantum information processing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-16 M. A. Rodríguez-García , M. T. DiMario , P. Barberis-Blostein , F. E. Becerra

Optical phase measurement is critical for many applications and traditional approaches often suffer from mechanical instability, temporal latency, and computational complexity. In this paper, we describe compact phase sensor arrays based on…

The research focused on enhancing the measurement accuracy through the use of non-Gaussian states has garnered increasing attention. In this study, we propose a scheme to input the coherent state mixed with photon-catalyzed squeezed vacuum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Huan Zhang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

Photon addition operations applied to squeezed states have been shown to significantly enhance phase sensitivity. In this study, we extend this approach by applying photon addition not only to coherent states but also within a Mach--Zehnder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Qisi Zhou , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Xin Su , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

Critical phenomena of quantum systems offer a promising strategy to improve measurement precision. So far, many criticality-enhanced quantum metrological schemes have been proposed by using the adiabatically evolved photonic states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Ken Chen , Jia-Hao Lv , Wen Ning , Zhen-Biao Yang , Shi-Biao Zheng

We propose a heralded high-probability scheme to generate remote entanglement between moderate-cooperativity spin-cavity registers with high fidelity. In conventional single-shot interfaces, limited cooperativity restricts the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Yu Liu , Martin B. Plenio

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 propose a simple scheme for complete Bell-state measurement of photons using hyperentangled states - entangled in multiple degrees of freedom. In addition to hyperentanglement, our scheme requires only linear optics and single photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. P. Walborn , S. Pádua , C. H. Monken

Entanglement generation between remote qubit systems is the central tasks for quantum communication. Future quantum networks will have to be compatible with low-loss telecom bands and operate with large separation between qubit nodes.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-23 A. J. Stolk , J. J. B. Biemond , K. L. van der Enden , L. van Dooren , E. J. van Zwet , R. Hanson

We develop an ultrafast frequency-resolved Raman spectroscopy with entangled photons for polyatomic molecules in condensed phases, to probe the electronic and vibrational coherences. Using quantum correlation between the photons, the signal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Zhedong Zhang , Tao Peng , Xiaoyu Nie , Girish S. Agarwal , Marlan O. Scully

We experimentally investigate a strategy to discriminate between quaternary phase-shift keyed coherent states based on single-shot measurements that is compatible with high-bandwidth communications. We extend previous theoretical work in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-21 M. T. DiMario , E. Carrasco , R. A. Jackson , F. E. Becerra

We present measurement schemes that do not rely on photon-number resolving detectors, but that are nevertheless optimal for estimating a differential phase shift in interferometry with either an entangled coherent state or a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Z. M. McIntyre , W. A. Coish