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arXiv:1508.01268 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Hyperentanglement-enhanced weak value amplification with high-order correlation function

Jingzheng Huang, Qinzheng Li, Chen Fang, Guihua Zeng

Published Aug 26, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract

Abstract By exploiting hyperentanglement, we propose a new concrete scheme to realize weak value amplification, which can be implemented by N hyperentangled photons along with coincidence detection. Our scheme can optimally increase the amplification factor by a factor of N compared to the usage of N uncorrelated photons, and achieve the Heisenberg limit for the purpose of parameter estimation. We expect our study can inspire further investigation on the usage of hyperentanglement in weak measurement and quantum metrology.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/48/19/195501

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Weak-value amplification (WVA) provides a way for amplified detection of a tiny physical signal at the expense of a lower detection probability. Despite this trade-off, due to its robustness against certain types of noise, WVA has advantages over conventional measurements in precision metrology. Moreover, it has been shown that WVA-based metrology can reach the Heisenberg limit using entangled resources, but preparing macroscopic entangled resources remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate a novel WVA scheme based on iterative interactions, achieving the Heisenberg-limited precision scaling without resorting to entanglement. This indicates that the perceived advantages of the entanglement-assisted WVA are in fact due to iterative interactions between each particle of an entangled system and a meter, rather than coming from the entanglement itself. Our work opens a practical pathway for achieving the Heisenberg-limited WVA without using fragile and experimentally demanding entangled resources.
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