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We employ quantum state discrimination theory to establish the ultimate limit for spoofing detection in electromagnetic signals encoded with random quantum states. Our analysis yields an analytical expression for the optimal bound, which we…

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Quantum sensing can enhance imaging performance by reducing measurement noise below the classical limit, thereby improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of acquired data. In conventional quantum imaging schemes, squeezing is applied…

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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…

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Optical microresonators with high quality ($Q$) factors are essential to a wide range of integrated photonic devices. Steady efforts have been directed towards increasing microresonator $Q$ factors across a variety of platforms. With…

We study a quantum-enhanced differential measurement scheme that uses quantum probes and single-photon detectors to measure a minute defect in the absorption parameter of an analyte under investigation. For the purpose, we consider two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-07 Byeong-Yoon Go , Changhyoup Lee , Kwang-Geol Lee

Critical quantum systems are a promising resource for quantum metrology applications, due to the diverging susceptibility developed in proximity of phase transitions. Here, we assess the metrological power of parametric Kerr resonators…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-30 R. Di Candia , F. Minganti , K. V. Petrovnin , G. S. Paraoanu , S. Felicetti

A process which strongly amplifies both quadrature amplitudes of an oscillatory signal necessarily adds noise. Alternatively, if the information in one quadrature is lost in phase-sensitive amplification, it is possible to completely…

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We show how the measurement induced model of quantum computation proposed by Raussendorf and Briegel [Phys. Rev. Letts. 86, 5188 (2001)] can be adapted to a nonlinear optical interaction. This optical implementation requires a Kerr…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 G. D. Hutchinson , G. J. Milburn

Quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement enhances the detection efficiency and measurement fidelity, and is highly desired for its applications in precision measurements and quantum information processing. We propose and demonstrate a QND…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 Y. A. Yang , T. A. Zheng , S. -Z. Wang , W. -K. Hu , Chang-Ling Zou , T. Xia , Z. -T. Lu

Classical measurement strategies in many areas are approaching their maximum resolution and sensitivity levels, but these levels often still fall far short of the ultimate limits allowed by the laws of physics. To go further, strategies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 David S. Simon

Nonclassical states are essential for optics-based quantum information processing, but their fragility limits their utility for practical scenarios in which loss and noise inevitably degrade, if not destroy, nonclassicality. Exploiting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-25 Zheshen Zhang , Sara Mouradian , Franco N. C. Wong , Jeffrey H. Shapiro

We investigate how squeezing techniques can improve the measurement precision in multiphase quantum metrology. While these methods are well-studied and effectively used in single-phase estimations, their usage in multiphase situations has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Le Bin Ho

Phase-sensitive optical parametric amplification of squeezed states helps to overcome detection loss and noise and thus increase the robustness of sub-shot-noise sensing. Because such techniques, e.g., imaging and spectroscopy, operate with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-10 Gaetano Frascella , Roman V. Zakharov , Olga V. Tikhonova , Maria V. Chekhova

Squeezed light are optical beams with variance below the Shot Noise Level. They are a key resource for quantum technologies based on photons, they can be used to achieve better precision measurements, improve security in quantum key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Robert Cernansky , Alberto Politi

In the quantum sensing context most of the efforts to design novel quantum techniques of sensing have been constrained to idealized, noise-free scenarios, in which effects of environmental disturbances could be neglected. In this work, we…

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We suggest an interferometric scheme assisted by squeezing and linear feedback to realize the whole class of field-quadrature quantum nondemolition measurements, from Von Neumann projective measurement to fully non-destructive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Matteo G. A. Paris

We study rotating squeezed quantum states created by a parametric resonance in an open harmonic system. As a specific realization of the phenomenon we study a mesoscopic SQUID loop where the state preparation procedure is simple in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Ojanen , J. Salo

Quantum metrology and quantum sensing aim to use quantum properties to enhance measurement precision beyond what could be classically achieved. Here, we demonstrate how the analysis of the phase space structure of the classical limit of…

Nonlinear optical microscopy techniques have emerged as a set of successful tools for biological imaging. Stimulated emission microscopy belongs to a small subset of pump-probe techniques which can image non-fluorescent samples without…