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Disentanglement and loss of quantum correlations due to one global collective noise effect are described for two-qubit Schr\"odinger cat and Werner states of a four level trapped ion quantum system. Once the Jaynes-Cummings ionic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-16 Victor A. S. V. Bittencourt , Alex E. Bernardini

Quantum phenomena such as entanglement can improve fundamental limits on the sensitivity of a measurement probe. In optical interferometry, a probe consisting of $N$ entangled photons provides up to a $\sqrt{N}$ enhancement in phase…

The thermodynamics of the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in NiO and the photoelectron spectra in the antiferromagnetic phase are studied by the Variational Cluster Approximation. Using realistic Racah parameters to describe the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-04-01 R. Eder

For a squeezing-enhanced SU(2) interferometer, we theoretically investigate the possibility to broaden the phase range of sub-shot-noise sensitivity. We show that this goal can be achieved by implementing detection in both output ports,…

We present a source engineering concept for a binary quantum mixture suitable as input for differential, precision atom interferometry with drift times of several seconds. To solve the non-linear dynamics of the mixture, we develop a set of…

In this study, we have proposed a method based on non-equilibrium effects to generate the superposition of macroscopically distinguishable quantum states, known as Schrodinger cat states, by using a Mach-Zehnder interferometry type…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Arash Tirandaz , Hamid Reza Naeij , Afshin Shafiee

The discrimination of coherent states is a key task in optical communication and quantum key distribution protocols. In this work, we use a photon-number-resolving detector, the transition-edge sensor, to discriminate binary-phase-shifted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 G. S. Thekkadath , S. Sempere-Llagostera , B. A. Bell , R. B. Patel , M. S. Kim , I. A. Walmsley

The Mach--Zehnder interferometer is a powerful device for detecting small phase shifts between two light beams. Simple input states -- such as coherent states or single photons -- can reach the standard quantum limit of phase estimation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Ondřej Černotík , Iivari Pietikäinen , Shruti Puri , S. M. Girvin , Radim Filip

Interference of light fields plays an important role in various high-precision measurement schemes. It has been shown that super resolving phase measurements beyond the standard coherent state limit can be obtained either by using maximally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-08 Emanuele Distante , Miroslav Jezek , Ulrik L. Andersen

We propose a method to map the conventional optical interferometry setup into quantum circuits. The unknown phase shift inside a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in the presence of photon loss is estimated by simulating the quantum circuits. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Peyman Najafi , Ghasem Naeimi , Shahpoor Saeidian

We study in this paper the quantum phase transition (QPT) from normal phase (NP) to superradiant phase (SP) for $N$ three-level atoms in a single-mode optical cavity for both Hermitian and non Hermitian Hamiltonians, where the $\Xi$-type…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Ni Liu , Xinyu Jia , J. -Q. Liang

We investigate quantum phase estimation in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer using q-deformed photon states, including q-coherent and q-cat states, which model realistic deviations from ideal light sources. By deriving closed-form photon count…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Duttatreya , Sanjib Dey

We show that the phase sensitivity $\Delta \theta$ of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed by a coherent state in one input port and squeezed-vacuum in the other one is i) independent from the true value of the phase shift and ii) can reach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Pezze' , A. Smerzi

In the field of quantum precision measurement, enhancing phase sensitivity is crucial for various applications, including quantum metrology and quantum sensing technologies. We theoretically investigate the improvement in phase sensitivity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Tao Jiang , Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Nanrun Zhou , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

The advent of stable, highly squeezed states of light has generated great interest in the gravitational wave community as a means for improving the quantumnoise- limited performance of advanced interferometric detectors. To confidently…

The quantum noise of light fundamentally limits optical phase sensors. A semiclassical picture attributes this noise to the random arrival time of photons from a coherent light source such as a laser. An engineered source of squeezed states…

Quantum Schrodinger cat states are of great interest in quantum communications and quantum optics. These states are used in various scientific fields such as quantum computing, quantum error correction and high-precision measurements. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 D. V. Fastovets , Yu. I. Bogdanov , N. A. Bogdanova , V. F. Lukichev

Highly quantum non-linear interactions between different bosonic modes lead to the generation of quantum non-Gaussian states, i.e. states that cannot be written as mixtures of Gaussian states. A paradigmatic example is given by…

The hybrid interferometer integrating an optical parametric amplifier and a beam splitter has the potential to outperform the SU(1,1) interferometer. However, photon loss remains a critical limitation for practical implementation. To…

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

Interferometers operating at or close to quantum limits of precision have found wide application in tabletop searches for physics beyond the standard model, the study of fundamental forces and symmetries of nature and foundational tests of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-12 H. F. H. Cheung , Y. S. Patil , L. Chang , S. Chakram , M. Vengalattore