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Deterministic sub-Heisenberg limit phase sensitivity with the squeezed coherent state via balanced homodyne detection

Chenlu Li, Shaoqiu Ke, Pengxiang Ruan, Qingli Jing, Mingming Zhang, Houlian Wang, Yuanxiang Wang, Jun Liu

Published Feb 4, 2025• 2 citations

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the phase sensitivities of three schemes with the input of the squeezed coherent states based on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI). With employing the balanced homodyne detection, the phase sensitivities of these schemes can surpass the shot noise limit (SNL) and reach the sub-Heisenberg limit. By adjusting the combination of the squeezing parameter and the photon number of the coherent state, both the phase sensitivities with using the balanced homodyne detection and the quantum Cramer–Rao bound can be improved. In the regime of low squeezing parameters, the scheme with the two-mode squeezed coherent state outperforms the other two schemes. The phase sensitivity can only reach the sub-SNL when the photon number is much larger. These schemes exhibit strong robustness against internal losses of the MZI and photon detector losses. This work will play an important role in the field of quantum precision measurement.

DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/adb250

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