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Title: Scalable multiphoton quantum metrology with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements

Abstract

The quantum statistical fluctuations of electromagnetic fields establish a limit, known as the shot-noise limit, on the sensitivity of optical measurements performed with classical technologies. However, quantum technologies are not constrained by this shot-noise limit. In this regard, the possibility of using every photon produced by quantum sources of light to estimate small physical parameters, beyond the shot-noise limit, constitutes one of the main goals of quantum optics. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a scalable protocol for quantum-enhanced optical phase estimation across a broad range of phases, with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements. This is achieved through the efficient design of a source of spontaneous parametric downconversion in combination with photon-number-resolving detection. The robustness of two-mode squeezed vacuum states against loss allows us to outperform schemes based on N00N states, in which the loss of a single photon is enough to remove all phase information from a quantum state. In contrast to other schemes that rely on N00N states or conditional measurements, the sensitivity of our technique could be improved through the generation and detection of high-order photon pairs. This unique feature of our protocol makes it scalable. Furthermore, our work is important for quantum technologies that rely on multiphoton interferencemore » such as quantum imaging, boson sampling, and quantum networks.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4];  [5];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [6]
  1. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Orleans, LA (United States)
  3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
  4. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
  5. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  6. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1830886
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1826825
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0021069
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Reviews
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1931-9401
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Multiphoton sources; SPDC; Photon-number-resolving detection; interference; Quantum optics; Metrology; Statistical fluctuations; Photonic entanglement; Parametric down conversion

Citation Formats

You, Chenglong, Hong, Mingyuan, Bierhorst, Peter, Lita, Adriana E., Glancy, Scott, Kolthammer, Steve, Knill, Emanuel, Nam, Sae Woo, Mirin, Richard P., Magaña-Loaiza, Omar S., and Gerrits, Thomas. Scalable multiphoton quantum metrology with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0063294.
You, Chenglong, Hong, Mingyuan, Bierhorst, Peter, Lita, Adriana E., Glancy, Scott, Kolthammer, Steve, Knill, Emanuel, Nam, Sae Woo, Mirin, Richard P., Magaña-Loaiza, Omar S., & Gerrits, Thomas. Scalable multiphoton quantum metrology with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063294
You, Chenglong, Hong, Mingyuan, Bierhorst, Peter, Lita, Adriana E., Glancy, Scott, Kolthammer, Steve, Knill, Emanuel, Nam, Sae Woo, Mirin, Richard P., Magaña-Loaiza, Omar S., and Gerrits, Thomas. Thu . "Scalable multiphoton quantum metrology with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063294. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1830886.
@article{osti_1830886,
title = {Scalable multiphoton quantum metrology with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements},
author = {You, Chenglong and Hong, Mingyuan and Bierhorst, Peter and Lita, Adriana E. and Glancy, Scott and Kolthammer, Steve and Knill, Emanuel and Nam, Sae Woo and Mirin, Richard P. and Magaña-Loaiza, Omar S. and Gerrits, Thomas},
abstractNote = {The quantum statistical fluctuations of electromagnetic fields establish a limit, known as the shot-noise limit, on the sensitivity of optical measurements performed with classical technologies. However, quantum technologies are not constrained by this shot-noise limit. In this regard, the possibility of using every photon produced by quantum sources of light to estimate small physical parameters, beyond the shot-noise limit, constitutes one of the main goals of quantum optics. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a scalable protocol for quantum-enhanced optical phase estimation across a broad range of phases, with neither pre- nor post-selected measurements. This is achieved through the efficient design of a source of spontaneous parametric downconversion in combination with photon-number-resolving detection. The robustness of two-mode squeezed vacuum states against loss allows us to outperform schemes based on N00N states, in which the loss of a single photon is enough to remove all phase information from a quantum state. In contrast to other schemes that rely on N00N states or conditional measurements, the sensitivity of our technique could be improved through the generation and detection of high-order photon pairs. This unique feature of our protocol makes it scalable. Furthermore, our work is important for quantum technologies that rely on multiphoton interference such as quantum imaging, boson sampling, and quantum networks.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0063294},
journal = {Applied Physics Reviews},
number = 4,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {10}
}

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