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Using non-Gaussian quantum states for detection of a given phase shift

Quantum Physics 2024-05-14 v1

Abstract

Injecting a non-Gaussian (Fock or Shr\"odinger cat) quantum state into the dark port of a two-arm interferometer and a strong classical light into the bright one, it is possible, in principle, to detect a given phase shift unambiguously using the orthogonality between the original and displaced in the interferometer non-Gaussian states. The optical losses degrade the sensitivity, introducing the finite "false positive" and "false negative" detection errors. However, using the state-of-art photodetectors, it is still possible to obtain better detection fidelity than in the case of Gaussian quantum states.

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@article{arxiv.2405.07049,
  title  = {Using non-Gaussian quantum states for detection of a given phase shift},
  author = {V. L. Gorshenin and F. Ya. Khalili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07049},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures

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