Cavity-assisted homodyne detection with a single photodiode

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26938v1
• Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:39:42 GMT
• Title: Cavity-assisted homodyne detection with a single photodiode
• Abstract summary: I propose cavity-assisted homodyne detection in which the quantum field and LO enter separate ports of an impedance-matched traveling-wave cavity.<n>I derive the quantum input-output relations and linearized photocurrent including intracavity loss, and show that near-unity signal-transfer efficiency can be achieved at moderate incident LO power.
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• Abstract: High-frequency squeezed states are important for quantum metrology and information processing, but quadrature measurements at gigahertz frequencies remain challenging. Balanced homodyne detection (BHD), the standard approach, requires closely matched complex transfer functions in both photodetection channels to suppress local-oscillator (LO) noise and maintain a well-defined readout quadrature. This matching becomes increasingly difficult at high bandwidths. Strongly asymmetric single-photodiode homodyne detection avoids this requirement, but achieving high signal efficiency and shot-noise clearance typically requires hundreds of milliwatts of LO power and does not suppress technical LO sidebands. I propose cavity-assisted homodyne detection, in which the quantum field and LO enter separate ports of an impedance-matched traveling-wave cavity. The resonant LO carrier is transmitted to the photodetector, where it beats with off-resonant signal sidebands reflected from the cavity. At the same time, technical LO sidebands outside the cavity linewidth are suppressed. I derive the quantum input-output relations and linearized photocurrent including intracavity loss, and show that near-unity signal-transfer efficiency can be achieved at moderate incident LO power. The cavity linewidth and free spectral range determine the usable detection band.

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