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arXiv:1307.7353 · Physical Review A

Quantum Fisher information of entangled coherent states in the presence of photon loss

Y. M. Zhang, Xinwei Li, Wen Yang, Guangri Jin

Published Oct 17, 2013• 208 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the performance of entangled coherent states for quantum-enhanced phase estimation. An exact analytical expression of quantum Fisher information is derived to show the role of photon losses on the ultimate phase sensitivity. We find a transition of the sensitivity from the Heisenberg scaling to the classical scaling due to quantum decoherence of the photon state. This quantum-classical transition is uniquely determined by the number of photons being lost, instead of the number of incident photons or the photon loss rate alone. Our results also reveal that a crossover of the sensitivity between the entangled coherent state and the NOON state can occur even for very small photon loss rate.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.88.043832

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