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We develop a technique for generating multi-photon nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons and the ratio of the…

A quantum state contains the maximal amount of information available for a given quantum system. In this paper we use weak-value expressions to reconstruct quantum states of continuous-variable systems in the quantum optical domain. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-15 Joachim Fischbach , Matthias Freyberger

We investigate a probe state preparation protocol based on two non-selective generalized quantum measurements to enhance parameter estimation in single-qubit systems. By fine-tuning the measurement strengths, we demonstrate the ability to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Jonas F. G. Santos , Shanhe Su , Moises Rojas

Telecommunication wavelength with well-developed optical communication technologies and low losses in the waveguide are advantageous for quantum applications. However, an experimental generation of non-classical states called non-Gaussian…

We study the precise phase estimation using squeezed states with photon losses present. Our exact quantum Fisher information calculation shows significant quantum enhancement and thus reveals the benchmark for practical quantum metrology in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-13 Xiao-Xiao Zhang , Yu-Xiang Yang , Xiang-Bin Wang

We present a fully digital approach for simulating single-mode squeezed states on a superconducting quantum processor using an enhanced bosonic encoding strategy. By mapping up to 2^{n} photonic Fock states onto n qubits, our framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Hengyue Li , Yusheng Yang , Zhe-Hui Wang , Shuxin Xie , Zilong Zha , Hantao Sun , Jie Chen , Jian Sun , Shenggang Ying

We show how to prepare a single molecular ion in a specific internal quantum state in a situation where the molecule is trapped and sympathetically cooled by an atomic ion and where its internal degrees of freedom are initially in thermal…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. S. Vogelius , L. B. Madsen , M. Drewsen

Quantum state tomography is the experimental procedure of determining an unknown state. It is not only essential for the verification of resources and processors of quantum information but is also important in its own right with regard to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Mahn-Soo Choi

According to quantum theory the interactions between physical systems are quantized. As a direct consequence, measurement sensitivities are fundamentally limited by quantization noise, or just `quantum noise' in short. Furthermore,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Roman Schnabel

Entangled measurement is a crucial tool in quantum technology. We propose a new entanglement measure of multi-mode detection, which estimates the amount of entanglement that can be created in a measurement. To illustrate the proposed…

We propose a method for measuring entangled vibronic quantum states of a trapped atom. It is based on the nonlinear dynamics of the system that appears by resonantly driving a weak electronic transition. The proposed technique allows the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. Wallentowitz , R. L. de Matos Filho , W. Vogel

Entanglement is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics, considered a key resource in quantum information processing. Measuring entanglement is an essential step in a wide range of applied and foundational quantum experiments. When a…

Measurement plays a quintessential role in the control of quantum systems. Beyond initialization and readout which pertain to projective measurements, weak measurements in particular, through their back-action on the system, may enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Yunzhao Wang , Kyrylo Snizhko , Alessandro Romito , Yuval Gefen , Kater Murch

Weak measurements offer the possibility of tuning the information acquired on a system, hence the imposed disturbance. This suggests that it could be a useful tool for multi-parameter estimation, when two parameters can not be measured…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-05 Matteo Altorio , Marco G. Genoni , Mihai D. Vidrighin , Fabrizia Somma , Marco Barbieri

We investigate the prospect of enhancing the phase sensitivity of atom interferometers in the Mach-Zehnder configuration with squeezed light. Ultimately, this enhancement is achieved by transferring the quantum state of squeezed light to…

We aim to address the following question: if we start with a quantum state with a spontaneously broken higher-form symmetry, what is the fate of the system under weak local quantum measurements? We demonstrate that under certain conditions,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-21 Kaixiang Su , Nayan Myerson-Jain , Chong Wang , Chao-Ming Jian , Cenke Xu

Sensors that harness exclusively quantum phenomena (such as entanglement) can achieve superior performance compared to those employing only classical principles. Recently, a technique based on postselected, weakly-performed measurements has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-18 George C. Knee , G. Andrew D. Briggs , Simon C. Benjamin , Erik M. Gauger

We present a new procedure for quantum state reconstruction based on weak continuous measurement of an ensemble average. By applying controlled evolution to the initial state new information is continually mapped onto the measured…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Andrew Silberfarb , Poul S. Jessen , Ivan H. Deutsch

The information-theoretic definition of quantum correlation, e.g., quantum discord, is measurement dependent. By considering the more general quantum measurements, weak measurements, which include the projective measurement as a limiting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Ming-Liang Hu , Heng Fan , Dong-Ping Tian

Quantum metrology exploits entangled states of particles to improve sensing precision beyond the limit achievable with uncorrelated particles. All previous methods required detection noise levels below this standard quantum limit to realize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-09 O. Hosten , R. Krishnakumar , N. J. Engelsen , M. A. Kasevich