Quantum-enhanced estimation of stimulated Raman optical activity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23722v1
• Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:07:43 GMT
• Title: Quantum-enhanced estimation of stimulated Raman optical activity
• Abstract summary: We show that a two-mode squeezed vacuum can achieve sub-shot noise limited measurement sensitivity.<n>This opens a promising path toward more sensitive Raman chiroptical spectroscopy of weak and photosensitive samples.
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• Abstract: In recent times there has been growing interest in Raman optical activity (ROA) for its label free detection of absolute configuration, conformation, and stereochemical structure in chiral biosamples and drug molecules. Since ROA signals are generally small, techniques such as stimulation by a probe beam can be used to enhance the signal strength. However, with a classical probe, the measurement precision is still fundamentally limited by its shot noise. To solve this problem we propose the use of two-mode squeezed vacuum and show that it can achieve sub-shot noise limited measurement sensitivity. Using quantum estimation theory, we derived the quantum Fisher information and the quantum Cramér-Rao bound (QCRB) for stimulated ROA measurement to quantify the precision enhancement. This improvement comes from photon-number correlations which suppress the intensity fluctuation common to both modes. We further show that balanced detection of the output intensity difference is a practical measurement scheme that approaches the QCRB and becomes optimal in the small-chirality limit. This opens a promising path toward more sensitive Raman chiroptical spectroscopy of weak and photosensitive samples.

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