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Quantum-enhanced sensing promises to improve the performance of sensing tasks using non-classical probes and measurements that require far fewer scene-modulated photons than the best classical schemes, thereby granting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Michael R. Grace , Christos N. Gagatsos , Saikat Guha

We propose an optomechanical dissipation engineering scheme by introducing an ancillary mechanical mode with a large decay rate to control the density of states of the optical mode. The effective linewidth of the optical mode can be reduced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Yan-Lei Zhang , Chuan-Sheng Yang , Zhen Shen , Chun-Hua Dong , Guang-Can Guo , Chang-Ling Zou , Xu-Bo Zou

Optomechanical systems are rapidly becoming one of the most promising platforms for observing quantum behaviour, especially at the macroscopic level. Moreover, thanks to their state-of-the-art methods of fabrication, they may now enter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Lewis A. Clark , Bartosz Markowicz , Jan Kołodyński

We propose an efficient optomechanical mass sensor operating at exceptional points (EPs), non-hermitian degeneracies where eigenvalues of a system and their corresponding eigenvectors simultaneously coalesce. The benchmark system consists…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-07 P. Djorwé , Y. Pennec , B. Djafari-Rouhani

Entanglement is a fundamental resource that allows quantum sensors to surpass the standard quantum limit set by the quantum collapse of independent atoms. Collective cavity-QED systems have succeeded in generating large amounts of directly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-30 Graham P. Greve , Chengyi Luo , Baochen Wu , James K. Thompson

Sensors for mapping the trajectory of an incoming particle find important utility in experimental high energy physics and searches for dark matter. For a quantum sensing protocol that uses projective measurements on a multi-qubit sensor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Zachary E. Chin , David R. Leibrandt , Isaac L. Chuang

Quantum-enhanced measurements exploit quantum mechanical effects for increasing the sensitivity of measurements of certain physical parameters and have great potential for both fundamental science and concrete applications. Most of the…

Quantum measurements of mechanical systems can produce optical squeezing via ponderomotive forces. Its observation requires high environmental isolation and efficient detection, typically achieved by using optical cavities and cryogenic…

We introduce the concept of entanglement enhanced interferometry from the viewpoint of the detected photons. The standard quantum limit is achieved when sequentially detected photons are assumed to be in an uncorrelated product state.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-05 J. G. Rarity , B. Bell , A. B. Young , C. Y. Hu

We theoretically investigate PT symmetry, induced mechanical lasing and force sensing in an optically levitated nanoparticle with coupled oscillation modes. The coupling in the levitated system is created by the modulation of an asymmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Sandeep Sharma , A. Kani , M. Bhattacharya

In this work, we investigate quantum entanglement and work extraction in two distinct optomechanical systems. The first system consists of two spatially separated Fabry-P\'erot cavities driven by squeezed light in the resolved-sideband…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 Hamza Harraf , M'bark Amghar , Wiam Kaydi , Mohamed Amazioug , Rachid Ahl Laamara

Quantum mechanics allows entanglement enhanced measurements to be performed, but loss remains an obstacle in constructing realistic quantum metrology schemes. However, recent work has revealed that entangled coherent states (ECSs) have the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 P. A. Knott , W. J. Munro , J. A. Dunningham

The optical lever is a centuries old and widely-used detection technique employed in applications ranging from consumer products, industrial sensors to precision force microscopes used in scientific research. However, despite the long…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-07 Shan Hao , Thomas Purdy

Cavity optomechanics has opened new avenues of research in both fundamental physics and precision measurement by significantly advancing the sensitivity achievable in detecting attonewton forces, nanoparticles, magnetic fields, and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-14 Feng Zhou , Yiliang Bao , Ramgopal Madugani , David A. Long , Jason J. Gorman , Thomas W. LeBrun

Quantum metrology is the use of genuinely quantum properties such as entanglement as a resource to outperform classical sensing strategies. Typically, entanglement is created by implementing gate operations or inducing many-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-10 Atsuki Yoshinaga , Mamiko Tatsuta , Yuichiro Matsuzaki

Employing electro-optic sampling (EOS) with ultrashort probe pulses, recent experiments showed direct measurements of quantum vacuum fields and their correlations on subcycle timescales. Here, we propose a quantum-enhanced EOS where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Stéphane Virally , Patrick Cusson , Denis V. Seletskiy

Quantum metrology employs entanglement to enhance measurement precision. The focus and progress so far have primarily centered on estimating a single parameter. In diverse application scenarios, the estimation of more than one single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Jiahao Cao , Xinwei Li , Tianwei Mao , Wenxin Xu , Li You

Controlling the interaction between localized optical and mechanical excitations has recently become possible following advances in micro- and nano-fabrication techniques. To date, most experimental studies of optomechanics have focused on…

Entanglement serves as a core resource for quantum information technologies, including applications in quantum cryptography, quantum metrology, and quantum communication. In this study, we give a unifying description of the stationary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Oumayma El Bir , Abderrahim Lakhfif , Abdallah Slaoui

Cavity optomechanics enables controlling mechanical motion via radiation pressure interaction, and has contributed to the quantum control of engineered mechanical systems ranging from kg scale LIGO mirrors to nano-mechanical systems,…