In situ characterization of a photon-subtraction device via heralding counts and homodyne detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10100v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:24:54 GMT
• Title: In situ characterization of a photon-subtraction device via heralding counts and homodyne detection
• Abstract summary: A photon-subtraction device is primarily determined by the transmissivity of the beam splitter and the quantum efficiency of the heralding detector.<n>We propose an experimentally feasible in situ scheme for the simultaneous estimation of these two parameters.
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• Abstract: Photon subtraction is one of the most important techniques for generating non-Gaussian optical states and constitutes a key resource for quantum information processing and quantum metrology. The practical performance of a photon-subtraction device is primarily determined by the transmissivity of the beam splitter and the quantum efficiency of the heralding detector. Accurate knowledge of these parameters is therefore essential for assessing the quality of the generated non-classical states. In this work, we propose an experimentally feasible in situ scheme for the simultaneous estimation of these two parameters using only the measurement data produced during the operation of the device. Our protocol combines the click statistics of an on/off heralding detector with homodyne measurements performed on the transmitted mode of the beam splitter when fed by a displaced squeezed state. Within the framework of classical multi-parameter estimation theory, we derive the corresponding Fisher information matrix and investigate both joint and sequential estimation strategies. For simultaneous measurement of parameters, we evaluate the sloppiness of the underlying statistical model and analyze its dependence on the measured quadrature, probe photon number, squeezing fraction, beam splitter transmissivity, and detector efficiency. Our analysis proves that an appropriate choice of the homodyne quadrature substantially reduces parameter degeneracy and enables efficient simultaneous estimation. Furthermore, we show that the joint estimation strategy consistently provides a lower estimation bound than the sequential estimation approach over a broad range of experimentally relevant parameters.

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