Phase sensing beyond the standard quantum limit with a variation on the SU(1,1) interferometer
Brian E. Anderson, Prasoon Gupta, Bonnie L. Schmittberger +4 more
An SU(1,1) interferometer replaces the beamsplitters in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with nonlinear interactions and offers the potential of achieving high phase sensitivity in applications with low optical powers. We present a novel variation in which the second nonlinear interaction is replaced with balanced homodyne detection. The phase-sensing quantum state is a two-mode squeezed state produced by seeded four-wave-mixing in Rb vapor. Measurements as a function of operating point show that even with $\approx35~\%$ loss this device can surpass the standard quantum limit by 4~dB.
arXiv:1610.06891•Optica•Jun 30, 2017•168 citations