Quantum metrology of two-photon absorption

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.01561v1
• Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 15:21:15 GMT
• Title: Quantum metrology of two-photon absorption
• Authors: Carlos S\'anchez Mu\~noz, Gaetano Frascella, and Frank Schlawin
• Abstract summary: Two-photon absorption (TPA) is of fundamental importance in super-resolution imaging and spectroscopy. We establish the metrological properties of nonclassical squeezed light sources for precision measurements of TPA cross sections. We find that there is no fundamental limit for the precision achievable with squeezed states in the limit of very small cross sections.
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• Abstract: Two-photon absorption (TPA) is of fundamental importance in super-resolution imaging and spectroscopy. Its nonlinear character allows for the prospect of using quantum resources, such as entanglement, to improve measurement precision or to gain new information on, e.g., ultrafast molecular dynamics. Here, we establish the metrological properties of nonclassical squeezed light sources for precision measurements of TPA cross sections. We find that there is no fundamental limit for the precision achievable with squeezed states in the limit of very small cross sections. Considering the most relevant measurement strategies -- namely photon counting and quadrature measurements -- we determine the quantum advantage provided by squeezed states as compared to coherent states. We find that squeezed states outperform the precision achievable by coherent states when performing quadrature measurements, which provide improved scaling of the Fisher information with respect to the mean photon number $\sim n^4$. Due to the interplay of the incoherent nature and the nonlinearity of the TPA process, unusual scaling can also be obtained with coherent states, which feature a $\sim n^3$ scaling in both quadrature and photon-counting measurements.

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