Quantum-enhanced phase sensitivity in an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18354v1
• Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:04:16 GMT
• Title: Quantum-enhanced phase sensitivity in an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer
• Authors: Romain Dalidet, Anthony Martin, Gregory Sauder, Sébastien Tanzilli, Laurent Labonté,
• Abstract summary: Mach-Zehnder-type interferometer operating at telecom wavelengths, free of post-selection.<n>System imperfections, including asymmetric losses and detector inefficiencies, are accounted for in the Fisher information analysis, yielding a measured quantum advantage of 10%.<n>This result highlights the practicality of compact, alignment-free quantum interferometers for real-world sensing applications.
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• Abstract: Recent advances in quantum photonics have enabled increasingly robust protocols in optical phase estimation, achieving precisions beyond the standard quantum limit and approaching the Heisenberg limit. While intrinsic losses hinder the realization of unconditional super-sensitivity, reaching quantum advantage, defined as sensitivity surpassing that of any classical counterpart with identical resources, remains achievable. Here we experimentally demonstrate such an advantage using a fully fibered Mach-Zehnder-type interferometer operating at telecom wavelengths, free of post-selection. The scheme relies on the conversion of polarization-entangled photon pairs, a degree of freedom commonly favored for experimental convenience, into energy-time entanglement, which is particularly well suited for scalable fiber-based sensors. All system imperfections, including asymmetric losses and detector inefficiencies, are accounted for in the Fisher information analysis, yielding a measured quantum advantage of 10%. This result highlights the practicality of compact, alignment-free quantum interferometers for real-world sensing applications.

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