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Quantum phase estimation with lossy interferometers
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We give a detailed discussion of optimal quantum states for optical two-mode interferometry in the presence of photon losses. We derive analytical formulae for the precision of phase estimation obtainable using quantum states of light with a definite photon number and prove that maximization of the precision is a convex optimization problem. The corresponding optimal precision, i.e., the lowest possible uncertainty, is shown to beat the standard quantum limit thus outperforming classical interferometry. Furthermore, we discuss more general inputs: states with indefinite photon number and states with photons distributed between distinguishable time bins. We prove that neither of these is helpful in improving phase estimation precision.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Demkowicz-Dobrzanski, R., Dorner, U., Smith, B. J., Lundeen, J. S., Wasilewski, W., Banaszek, K., & Walmsley, I. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Centre for Quantum Technologies (SG)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- Nicolaus Copernicus University (PL)
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2009-07-24
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
- OpenAlex
- W1987408033
- Cited by
- 315
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 15.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- NPARC (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E036066/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Keywords
- quantum phase estimation, optical interferometry, photon loss, photon number states, convex optimization, standard quantum limit, time-bin entanglement, precision measurement
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