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Quantum metrology in a nonlinear-interferometer with feedback

Quantum Physics 2025-07-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a nonlinear interferometer with feedback loops and explore its efficiency for phase estimation. We analyse two feedback schemes, one where both modes of the interferometer are fed-back into the device and another where only one mode is fed-back. The quantum Fisher information (QFI) for phase estimation in each feedback scheme increases with each feedback loop, and similar to the standard SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometer, phase estimation in this scheme is sensitive to photon loss when the inputs are vacuum state. In terms of resources, we show that, in the low-loss regime, our scheme performs better than standard nonlinear interferometer. The feedback scheme provides the minimum phase variance when the unknown phase is small. We have also provided a special case where feedback scheme provided enhanced QFI even for large phase values. This is achieved by switching between squeezing and anti-squeezing operators after every few loops.

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@article{arxiv.2507.17160,
  title  = {Quantum metrology in a nonlinear-interferometer with feedback},
  author = {Shivani Singh and Craig S. Hamilton and Igor Jex},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17160},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 12 figures

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