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A beam splitter is an important component of an atomic/optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Here we study a Bose Einstein Condensate beam splitter, realized with a double well potential of tunable height. We analyze how the sensitivity of a…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Pezze' , A. Smerzi , G. P. Berman , A. R. Bishop , L. A. Collins

The Mach-Zehnder interferometer is a fundamental tool for measuring phase shifts between two light paths, serving as a crucial prototype for achieving high-precision measurements in various scientific and technological applications. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Bing-Shu Hu , Xiao-Ming Lu

We study the sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer that contains in addition to the phase shifter a non-linear element. By including both elements in a cavity or a loop that the light transverses many times, a non-linear kicked…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Sabrina Müller , Daniel Braun

We study the phase super-sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with the squeezed Kerr and coherent states as the inputs. We discuss the lower bound in phase sensitivity by considering the quantum Fisher information (QFI) and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Dhiraj Yadav , Gaurav Shukla , Priyanka Sharma , Devendra Kumar Mishra

Quantum sensing has drawn considerable attention as a means to overcome the fundamental limitations in classical sensing. In practice, however, quantum sensing has been strongly constrained by the photon loss, the achievable photon number N…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 B. S. Ham

A nonlinear phase shift is introduced to a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), and we present a scheme for enhancing the phase sensitivity. In our scheme, one input port of a standard MZI is injected with a coherent state and the other input…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-29 Gao-Feng Jiao , Keye Zhang , L. Q. Chen , Weiping Zhang , Chun-Hua Yuan

In this paper we address the problem of optimizing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer, for a given pure input state and considering a specific detection scheme. While the optimum transmission coefficient of the first beam splitter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Karunesh K. Mishra , Stefan Ataman

Achieving the ultimate quantum precision in the estimation of multiple physical parameters simultaneously is a challenge in quantum metrology due to fundamental limitations and experimental challenges in harnessing the necessary quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Atmadev Rai , Danilo Triggiani , Paolo Facchi , Vincenzo Tamma

A quantitative measure of quantum coherence was recently introduced, in the context of quantum information theory. This measure has also been propounded as a good quantifier of the wave nature of quantum objects. However, actually measuring…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Tania Paul , Tabish Qureshi

We theoretically investigate a generalized "which-path" measurement on an electronic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) implemented via Coulomb coupling to a second electronic MZI acting as a detector. The use of contextual values, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-01 J. Dressel , Y. Choi , A. N. Jordan

A new type of quantum entangled interferometer was recently realized that employs parametric amplifiers as the wave splitting and recombination elements. The quantum entanglement stems from the parametric amplifiers, which produce quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-21 Z. Y. Ou , Xiaoying Li

We present an analysis of a double Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which an ensemble of identical pre- and postselected particles leave a weak trace. A knowledge of the weak value partially destroys the quantum interference. The results,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-26 Zheng-Hong Li , M. Al-Amri , M. Suhail Zubairy

Wave-particle duality and complementarity principle stand at the conceptual core of quantum theory in its orthodox Copenhagen interpretation. They imply that the wave behavior and particle behavior of quantum objects are mutually exclusive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhi-Yuan Li

Classical wisdom of wave-particle duality says that it is impossible to observe simultaneously the wave and particle nature of microscopic object. Mathematically the principle requests that the interference visibility V and which-path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 Fenghua Qi , Zhiyuan Wang , Weiwang Xu , Xue-Wen Chen , Zhi-Yuan Li

To test the principle of complementarity and wave-particle duality quantitatively, we need a quantum composite system that can be controlled by experimental parameters. Here, we demonstrate that a double-path interferometer consisting of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-19 Tai Hyun Yoon , Minhaeng Cho

Quantum Logic Processors can be implemented with Mach Zehnder Interferometer(MZI) configurations for the Quantum logic operations and gates. In this paper, its implementation for both optical and electronic system has been presented. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Angik Sarkar , T. K. Bhattacharyya , Ajay Patwardhan

Quantum interferometry uses quantum resources to improve phase estimation with respect to classical methods. Here we propose and theoretically investigate a new quantum interferometric scheme based on three-dimensional waveguide devices.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-09 N. Spagnolo , L. Aparo , C. Vitelli , A. Crespi , R. Ramponi , R. Osellame , P. Mataloni , F. Sciarrino

We study the sensitivity of phase estimation in a lossy Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) using two general, and practical, resources generated by a laser and a nonlinear optical medium with passive optimal elements, which are readily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-07 Changhun Oh , Su-Yong Lee , Hyunchul Nha , Hyunseok Jeong

A polarized photon with well-defined orbital angular momentum that emerges from a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is shown to circumvent wave-particle duality. Its polarization-resolved detection probability forms a non-sinusoidal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-29 M. Kolar , T. Opatrny , G. Kurizki

We present a systematic framework to quantify the interplay between coherence and wave-particle duality in generic two-path interference systems. Our analysis reveals a closed-form duality ellipse (DE) equality, that rigorously unifies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Pawan Khatiwada , Xiao-Feng Qian