Heisenberg limit in phase measurements: the threshold detection approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06714v1
• Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 17:39:36 GMT
• Title: Heisenberg limit in phase measurements: the threshold detection approach
• Authors: D. I. Salykina, V. S. Liamin, V. L. Gorshenin, B. N. Nougmanov, F. Ya. Khalili,
• Abstract summary: We analyze the fundamental sensitivity limits, achievable by the standard (single- and two-arm) optical interferometers.<n>We consider two types of the measurements of the output light -- the standard homodyne measurement and the non-linear threshold measurement.
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• Abstract: We analyze the fundamental sensitivity limits, achievable by the standard (single- and two-arm) optical interferometers using the Gaussian (squeezed coherent) quantum states of the probing light. We consider two types of the measurements of the output light -- the standard homodyne measurement and the non-linear threshold measurement [Helstrom, ``Quantum detection and estimation theory'' (1976)]. The latter one allow to recover in one-shot measurement the phase information carried out by the second momenta of the quadrature amplitudes of the output light, providing the sensitivity saturating the Quantum Cramer-Rao bound. We show that in all considered cases, the Heisenberg scaling for the phase measurement error $\Delta\phi = K/N$ can be achieved, where $K\sim1$ is a numerical prefactor and $N$ is the mean photon number. The specific value of the prefactor depends on the interferometer topology, the measurement type, and the quantum state of the probing light. The smaller it is, the more narrow is the range of the values of $\phi$ where the sensitivity that close to the best one for this specific case is provided.

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