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Achieving quantum-enhanced performances when measuring unknown quantities requires developing suitable methodologies for practical scenarios, that include noise and the availability of a limited amount of resources. Here, we report on the…

Balancing high sensitivity with a broad dynamic range is a fundamental challenge in measurement science, as improving one often compromises the other. While traditional quantum metrology has prioritized enhancing local sensitivity, a large…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Qi Liu , Ming Xue , Matthew Radzihovsky , Xinwei Li , Denis V. Vasilyev , Ling-Na Wu , Vladan Vuletić

We describe the use of optically levitated microspheres as test masses in experiments aimed at reaching and potentially exceeding the standard quantum limit for position measurements. Optically levitated microspheres have low mass and are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Kenneth G. Libbrecht , Eric D Black

Quantum communication devices, such as quantum repeaters, quantum memories, or quantum channels, are unavoidably exposed to imperfections. However, the presence of imperfections can be tolerated, as long as we can verify such devices retain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-26 Nathan Killoran , Norbert Lütkenhaus

We describe an all-fiber nonlinear interferometer based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber. Our configuration realizes phase-sensitive interference with 97% peak visibility and >90% visibility over a broad 554 GHz optical band.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-28 Joseph M. Lukens , Raphael C. Pooser , Nicholas A. Peters

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

We realise a simple and robust optomechanical system with a multitude of long-lived ($Q>10^7$) mechanical modes in a phononic-bandgap shielded membrane resonator. An optical mode of a compact Fabry-Perot resonator detects these modes'…

Clock atom interferometry is an emerging technique in precision measurements that is particularly well suited for sensitivity enhancement through large momentum transfer (LMT). While current systems have demonstrated momentum separations of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Yijun Jiang , Jan Rudolph , Jason M. Hogan

Quantum metrology research promises approaches to build new sensors that achieve the ultimate level of precision measurement and perform fundamentally better than modern sensors. Practical schemes that tolerate realistic fabrication…

In this paper, we propose a new direction of research for the realization of the quantum controlled-not gate based on a technique called ``interaction-free measurement'', where qubits are two-level atoms (or ions) and information is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Methot , Kai Wicker

Micro- and nanoscale optical or microwave cavities are used in a wide range of classical applications and quantum science experiments, ranging from precision measurements, laser technologies to quantum control of mechanical motion. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-06 Liu Qiu , Guanhao Huang , Itay Shomroni , Jiahe Pan , Paul Seidler , Tobias J. Kippenberg

The ability to design, fabricate and control systems that can convert photons with dissimilar frequencies has technological implications in classical as well as quantum communications. Laser heating and thermal-mechanical motion in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Surabhi Yadav , Aranya B Bhattacherjee

Linear optical networks are fundamental to the advancement of quantum technologies, including quantum computing, communication, and sensing. The accurate characterization of these networks, described by unitary matrices, is crucial to their…

Quantum Error Mitigation (QEM) enables the extraction of high-quality results from the presently-available noisy quantum computers. In this approach, the effect of the noise on observables of interest can be mitigated using multiple…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-23 Ivan Henao , Jader P. Santos , Raam Uzdin

Connecting superconducting qubits to optical fiber necessitates the conversion of microwave photons to optical photons. Modern experimental demonstrations exhibit strong coupling between a microwave resonator and an optical cavity mediated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 Huo Chen , Marti Vives , Mekena Metcalf

Quantum noise limits the sensitivity of precision measurement devices, such as laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatories and axion detectors. In the shot-noise-limited regime, these resonant detectors are subject to a trade-off…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Xiang Li , Jiri Smetana , Amit Singh Ubhi , Joe Bentley , Yanbei Chen , Yiqiu Ma , Haixing Miao , Denis Martynov

We report an algorithm, based on quantum optics formulation, where a coherent state is used as the elementary quantum resource for the image representation. We provide an architecture with constituent optical elements in linear order with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Vivek Mehta , Sonali Jana , Utpal Roy

Entanglement is a key resource in quantum technologies, enhancing precision and resolution in imaging and sensing by leveraging the cross-correlation of photon pairs. This correlation enables precise time synchronization of photons reaching…

The quantum variables that can be accessed directly by experiments are described by observables. Therefore, physical parameters can only be evaluated indirectly, via estimations based on experimental measurement results. I show that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-12 B. M. Escher

Performing interferometry in an optical lattice formed by standing waves of light offers potential advantages over its free-space equivalents since the atoms can be confined and manipulated by the optical potential. We demonstrate such an…