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In a quantum LiDAR system, to achieve a better resolution and sensitivity, detection scheme plays an important role. We propose a novel detection scheme in which the photo detector considers only the $4n$ number of photons, where $n \in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Priyanka Sharma , Manoj K Mishra , Devendra Kumar Mishra

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

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

The research focused on enhancing the measurement accuracy through the use of non-Gaussian states has garnered increasing attention. In this study, we propose a scheme to input the coherent state mixed with photon-catalyzed squeezed vacuum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Huan Zhang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

This paper explores multiparameter quantum metrology using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ)-type photon-added coherent states (PACS) and investigates both independent and simultaneous parameter estimation with linear and non-linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-16 Hanan Saidi , Abdallah Slaoui , Hanane El Hadfi , Rachid Ahl Laamara

Photon addition operations applied to squeezed states have been shown to significantly enhance phase sensitivity. In this study, we extend this approach by applying photon addition not only to coherent states but also within a Mach--Zehnder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Qisi Zhou , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Xin Su , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

Using multi-photon entangled input states, we estimate the phase uncertainty in a noiseless Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) using photon-counting detection. We assume a flat prior uncertainty and use Bayesian inference to construct a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-04 Shreyas Sadugol , Lev Kaplan

Improving interferometric phase sensitivity is crucial for high-precision measurements in rapidly developing quantum technologies. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is a versatile tool for analyzing this phenomenon. By splitting and…

Superresolution is a unique quantum feature generated by N00N states or phase-controlled coherent photons via projection measurements in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). Superresolution has no direct relation with supersensitivity in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-04 Byoung S. Ham

Photon counting measurements are analyzed for obtaining a classical phase parameter in linear Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI), by the use of phase estimation theories. The detailed analysis is made for four cases: a) Coherent states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Y. Ben-Aryeh

Interferometry is a widely-used technique for precision measurements in both classical and quantum contexts. One way to increase the precision of phase measurements, for example in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), is to use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 Stefan Ataman , Anca Preda , Radu Ionicioiu

We quantitatively investigate phase measurement in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), which is injected with a weak coherent and a squeezed vacuum generated from a spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The measured three-photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Lifeng Duan

Quantum metrology employs quantum resources to achieve measurement precision beyond classical limits. This work investigates a Mach--Zehnder interferometer incorporating a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter, with photon-added two-mode squeezed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-20 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Xin Su , Liyun Hu

Mach-Zehnder interferometer is a common device in quantum phase estimation and the photon losses in it are an important issue for achieving a high phase accuracy. Here we thoroughly discuss the precision limit of the phase in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-20 Xu Yu , Xiang Zhao , Luyi Shen , Yanyan Shao , Jing Liu , Xiaoguang Wang

We propose an enhanced optical interferometer based on tailored non-classical light generated by nonlinear dynamics and projective measurements in a three-level atom cavity QED system. A coherent state in the cavity becomes dynamically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-21 K. Gietka , T. Wasak , J. Chwedenczuk , F. Piazza , H. Ritsch

We propose a postselected amplification (PSA) scheme for phase shift measurement of optical coherent states when passing through the Mach-Zehnder-interferometer (MZI). Different from the usual weak-value-amplification (WVA) formulation, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 J. L. Li , Y. Z. Niu , L. P. Qin , X. Q. Li

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

Probabilistic amplification through photon addition, at the output of an Mach-Zehnder interferometer is discussed for a coherent input state. When a metric of signal to noise ratio is considered, nondeterministic, noiseless amplification of…

Based on the conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we propose a metrological scheme to improve phase sensitivity. In this scheme, we use a coherent state and a squeezed vacuum state as input states, employ multi-photon-subtraction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-08 Qisi Zhou , Qinqian Kang , Tao Jiang , Zekun Zhao , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

We find a phase matching condition for enhancement of sensitivity in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer illuminated by an arbitrary state in one input port and an odd(even) state in the other port. Under this condition, the Fisher information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-17 Jing Liu , Xiaoxing Jing , Xiaoguang Wang
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