Resolution and sensitivity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a photon-number-resolving detector

Journal Article · Thu Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.80.043822· OSTI ID:21316488

Wildfeuer, Christoph F; Dowling, Jonathan P ^[1]; Pearlman, Aaron J ^[2]; Chen, Jun; Fan, Jingyun; Migdall, Alan ^[2]

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1. Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 (United States)
2. Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8441 (United States)

With photon-number resolving detectors, we show compression of interference fringes with increasing photon numbers for a Fabry-Perot interferometer. This feature provides a higher precision in determining the position of the interference maxima compared to a classical detection strategy. We also theoretically show supersensitivity if N-photon states are sent into the interferometer and a photon-number resolving measurement is performed.

• OSTI ID: 21316488
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 80; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACCURACY
COMPRESSION
DETECTION
FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
INTERFERENCE
OPTICS
PHOTODETECTORS
PHOTONS
RESOLUTION
SENSITIVITY