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Squeezed states of light enable enhanced measurement precision by reducing noise below the standard quantum limit. A key application of squeezed light is nonlinear microscopy, where state-of-the-art performance is limited by photodamage and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Alex Terrasson , Lars Madsen , Joel Grim , Warwick Bowen

We report on a hitherto unexplored application of squeezed light: for quantum-enhancement of mechanical transduction sensitivity in microcavity optomechanics. Using a toroidal silica microcavity, we experimentally demonstrate measurement of…

Squeezed light, with its quantum noise reduction capabilities, has emerged as a powerful resource in quantum information processing and precision metrology. To reach noise reduction levels such that a quantum advantage is achieved, off-chip…

Mechanical degrees of freedom are natural candidates for continuous-variable quantum information processing and bosonic quantum simulations. These applications, however, require the engineering of squeezing and nonlinearities in the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Stefano Marti , Uwe von Lüpke , Om Joshi , Yu Yang , Marius Bild , Andraz Omahen , Yiwen Chu , Matteo Fadel

We propose quantum receivers with optical squeezing and photon-number-resolving detector (PNRD) for the near-optimal discrimination of quaternary phase-shift-keyed coherent state signals. The basic scheme is similar to the previous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-25 Shuro Izumi , Masahiro Takeoka , Kazuhiro Ema , Masahide Sasaki

High precision interferometers are the building blocks of precision metrology and the ultimate interferometric sensitivity is limited by the quantum noise. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compact quantum interferometer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Xiaojie Zuo , Zhihui Yan , Yanni Feng , Jingxu Ma , Xiaojun Jia , Changde Xie , Kunchi Peng

Quantum uncertainty of laser light limits the sensitivity of gravitational-wave observatories. In the past 30 years, techniques for squeezing the quantum uncertainty as well as for enhancing the gravitational-wave signal with optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-03 Mikhail Korobko , Yiqiu Ma , Yanbei Chen , Roman Schnabel

Squeezed light enables quantum-enhanced phase estimation, with crucial applications in both fundamental physics and emerging technologies. To fully exploit the advantage provided by this approach, estimation protocols must remain optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Giorgio Minati , Enrico Urbani , Nicolò Spagnolo , Valeria Cimini , Fabio Sciarrino

It is known that placing a mechanical oscillator in a superposition of coherent states allows, in theory, a measurement of a linear force whose sensitivity increases with the amplitude of the mechanical oscillations, a uniquely quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Kurt Jacobs , Radhakrishnan Balu , John D. Teufel

We study the photon counting noise in optical interferometers used for gravitational wave detection. In order to reduce quantum noise a squeezed vacuum state is injected into the usually unused input port. Here, we specifically investigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Michael Weyrauch , Volodymyr G. Voronov

We study the use of squeezed probe light and evasion of measurement back-action to enhance the sensitivity and measurement bandwidth of an optically-pumped magnetometer (OPM) at sensitivity-optimal atom number density. By experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-04 Charikleia Troullinou , Vito Giovanni Lucivero , Morgan W. Mitchell

We propose a theoretical scheme to enhance the sensitivity of a quantum optomechanical gyroscope (QOMG) by optical Kerr effect. We utilize quantum Fisher information (QFI) to evaluate the metrological potential of the QOMG scheme. It is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-30 Ying Liu , Rui Zhang , Wen-Quan Yang , Ya-Feng Jiao , Wang-Jun Lu , Qing-Shou Tan , Le-Man Kuang

Recent developments in quantum technologies have enabled significant improvements in the precision of optical sensing systems. This work explores the integration of distributed quantum sensing (DQS) with optical gyroscopes to improve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Priyanka M. Kannath , Girish S. Agarwal , Ashok Kumar

The accuracy of quantum measurements can be effectively improved by using both photon-added non-Gaussian operations and Kerr nonlinear phase shifters. Here, we employ coherent state mixed photon-added squeezed vacuum state as input into a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-23 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Shoukang Chang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Xin Su , Liyun Hu

Planar squeezed states, i.e. quantum states which are squeezed in two orthogonal spin components, have recently attracted attention due to their applications in atomic interferometry and quantum information [Q. Y. He et al, New J. Phys. 14,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Graciana Puentes , Giorgio Colangelo , Robert J. Sewell , Morgan W. Mitchell

Quantum metrology, a cornerstone of quantum technologies, exploits entanglement and superposition to achieve higher precision than classical protocols in parameter estimation tasks. When combined with critical phenomena such as phase…

Laser light with squeezed quantum uncertainty is a powerful tool for interferometric sensing. A routine application can be found in gravitational wave observatories. A significant quantum advantage is only achievable if a large fraction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-14 Pascal Gewecke , Jascha Zander , Roman Schnabel

Quantum parameter estimation, the ability to precisely obtain a classical value in a quantum system, is very important to many key quantum technologies. Many of these technologies rely on an optical probe, either coherent or squeezed states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Trevor A. Wheatley , Mankei Tsang , Ian R. Petersen , Elanor H. Huntington

Magneto-optical sensors including spin noise spectroscopies and magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopies are now ubiquitous tools for materials characterization that can provide new understanding of spin dynamics, hyperfine interactions,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-10 Yun-Yi Pai , Claire E. Marvinney , Chengyun Hua , Raphael C. Pooser , Benjamin J. Lawrie

Quantum physics has brought enhanced capability in various sensing applications. Despite challenges from noise and loss in the radio-frequency (RF) domain, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 150502 (2020)] demonstrates a route for enhanced RF-receiver…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 Haowei Shi , Christopher M. Jones , Mengjie Yu , Zheshen Zhang , Quntao Zhuang