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arXiv 2006.08449quant-ph
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具有大光子数态的量子增强干涉术

Quantum-enhanced interferometry with large heralded photon-number states

G. S. Thekkadath, M. E. Mycroft, B. A. Bell, C. G. Wade, A. Eckstein, D. S. Phillips, R. B. Patel, A. Buraczewski, A. E. Lita, T. Gerrits, S. W. Nam, M. Stobińs… 展开作者

G. S. Thekkadath, M. E. Mycroft, B. A. Bell, C. G. Wade, A. Eckstein, D. S. Phillips, R. B. Patel, A. Buraczewski, A. E. Lita, T. Gerrits, S. W. Nam, M. Stobińska, A. I. Lvovsky, I. A. Walmsley

摘要:

量子现象,如纠缠,可以改善测量探针灵敏度的基本限制。在光学干涉测量中,与相同能量的经典探针相比,由$N$纠缠光子组成的探针提供高达$\sqrt{N}$的相位灵敏度增强。在这里,我们采用高增益的参数下转换源和光子数分辨探测器来执行干涉测量与尺寸高达$N=8$(即测量高达16个光子的重合)的量子探针。我们的探测器是通过将预示的光子数态注入干涉仪来创建的,并且原则上即使在存在显著光学损耗的情况下也能提供量子增强的相位灵敏度。我们的工作为利用大纠缠光子态实现量子增强干涉测量铺平了道路。

英文摘要:

Quantum phenomena such as entanglement can improve fundamental limits on the sensitivity of a measurement probe. In optical interferometry, a probe consisting of $N$ entangled photons provides up to a $\sqrt{N}$ enhancement in phase sensitivity compared to a classical probe of the same energy. Here, we employ high-gain parametric down-conversion sources and photon-number-resolving detectors to perform interferometry with heralded quantum probes of sizes up to $N=8$ (i.e. measuring up to 16-photon coincidences). Our probes are created by injecting heralded photon-number states into an interferometer, and in principle provide quantum-enhanced phase sensitivity even in the presence of significant optical loss. Our work paves the way towards quantum-enhanced interferometry using large entangled photonic states.

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