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Optimizing States for Quantum-Enhanced Interferometry: Two Case Studies

Karunesh Kumar Mishra, Stefan Ataman

Published Nov 1, 2024• 0 citations

Abstract

Abstract In this work we address the optimization of two important quantum states in terms of interferometric phase sensitivity, given a constraint on the total average number of input photons, N ¯ We use the quantum Fisher information (QFI) as our main tool. We employ both the single- and two-parameter QFI in order to address detection schemes having, and respectively, not having access to an external phase reference. The first quantum state we consider is the coherent plus squeezed vacuum input and find the optimum coherent fraction that maximizes both the single- and two-parameter QFI. We also discuss detection schemes able to perform almost optimally. Finally, we consider the double squeezed vacuum input and determine the squeezed fraction between the inputs that maximizes the QFI. Similar to the previous input state, we also provide detection schemes able to perform optimally.

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2894/1/012016

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