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On-Chip Generation and Verification of Continuous Variable Entanglement for Quantum Enhanced Sensing

Bethany Puzio, Giacomo Ferranti, Joel F. Tasker, Jonathan Frazer, Oliver Green, Tamzin Ellis, Rachel Clark, Jonathan C. F. Matthews

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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We present experimental progress towards a demonstration of continuous variable distributed quantum sensing on a silicon photonic chip, utilizing an array of integrated homodyne detectors to perform entanglement enhanced phase sensing and entanglement verification.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2025.aa103_5

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