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Enhancing Phase Estimation in a Hybrid Interferometer via Kerr Nonlinearity and Photon Subtraction

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20893v1
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 08:32:53 GMT
Title: Enhancing Phase Estimation in a Hybrid Interferometer via Kerr Nonlinearity and Photon Subtraction
Abstract summary: We propose a high-precision phase estimation scheme in a hybrid interferometer by combining a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter and multi-photon subtraction operations.<n>Our results show that the joint integration of Kerr nonlinearity and multi-photon subtraction yields remarkable advantages over either technique used alone.
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Abstract: We propose a high-precision phase estimation scheme in a hybrid interferometer by synergistically combining a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter and multi-photon subtraction operations. Using a coherent state and a vacuum state as input resources, we systematically evaluate the phase sensitivity via homodyne detection and analyze the quantum Fisher information as well as the quantum Cramér-Rao bound under both ideal and lossy conditions. Our results show that the joint integration of Kerr nonlinearity and multi-photon subtraction yields remarkable advantages over either technique used alone. The proposed scheme enables the phase sensitivity to surpass the standard quantum limit, exceed the conventional Heisenberg scaling ($1/N$), and approach the super-Heisenberg scaling ($1/N^{2}$)-a direct consequence of Kerr nonlinearity. More precisely, the super-Heisenberg scaling $\propto $ $1/N^{2}$ is the ultimate precision limit permitted by the $k=2$ Kerr nonlinearity and does not violate the fundamental Heisenberg limit for linear phase accumulation. Even under moderate internal photon loss, the system maintains high precision and exhibits enhanced robustness to decoherence. The Kerr nonlinearity introduces an intensity-dependent phase shift proportional to the squared photon number, while multi-photon subtraction tailors non-Gaussian states to strengthen phase information extraction. Compared with existing schemes based on hybrid interferometers or SU(1,1) interferometers, our architecture achieves superior precision and stronger loss resilience. All components are experimentally accessible with current quantum optical technologies. This work provides a promising route for practical high-precision quantum metrology and quantum sensing.

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