Auto-correlative weak-value amplification under strong noise background

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Huang, Jing-Hui, Hu, Xiang-Yun, Dada, Adetunmise C., Lundeen, Jeff S., Jordan, Kyle M., Chen, Huan, An, Jian-Qi
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866909125508595712
author Huang, Jing-Hui
Hu, Xiang-Yun
Dada, Adetunmise C.
Lundeen, Jeff S.
Jordan, Kyle M.
Chen, Huan
An, Jian-Qi
author_facet Huang, Jing-Hui
Hu, Xiang-Yun
Dada, Adetunmise C.
Lundeen, Jeff S.
Jordan, Kyle M.
Chen, Huan
An, Jian-Qi
contents By choosing more orthogonality between pre-selection and post-selection states, one can significantly improve the sensitivity in the general optical quantum metrology based on the weak-value amplification (WVA) approach. However, increasing the orthogonality decreases the probability of detecting photons and makes the weak measurement difficult, especially when the weak measurement is disturbed by strong noise and the pointer is drowned in noise with a negative-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this article, we investigate a modified weak measurement protocol with a temporal pointer, namely, the auto-correlative weak-value amplification (AWVA) approach. Specifically, a small longitudinal time delay (tiny phase shift) $τ$ of a Gaussian pulse is measured by implementing two simultaneous auto-correlative weak measurements under Gaussian white noise with different SNR. The small quantities $τ$ are obtained by measuring the auto-correlation coefficient of the pulses instead of fitting the shift of the mean value of the probe in the standard WVA technique. Simulation results show that the AWVA approach outperforms the standard WVA technique in the time domain with smaller statistical errors, remarkably increasing the precision of weak measurement under strong noise background.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2203_15231
institution arXiv
publishDate 2022
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Auto-correlative weak-value amplification under strong noise background
Huang, Jing-Hui
Hu, Xiang-Yun
Dada, Adetunmise C.
Lundeen, Jeff S.
Jordan, Kyle M.
Chen, Huan
An, Jian-Qi
Quantum Physics
Optics
By choosing more orthogonality between pre-selection and post-selection states, one can significantly improve the sensitivity in the general optical quantum metrology based on the weak-value amplification (WVA) approach. However, increasing the orthogonality decreases the probability of detecting photons and makes the weak measurement difficult, especially when the weak measurement is disturbed by strong noise and the pointer is drowned in noise with a negative-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this article, we investigate a modified weak measurement protocol with a temporal pointer, namely, the auto-correlative weak-value amplification (AWVA) approach. Specifically, a small longitudinal time delay (tiny phase shift) $τ$ of a Gaussian pulse is measured by implementing two simultaneous auto-correlative weak measurements under Gaussian white noise with different SNR. The small quantities $τ$ are obtained by measuring the auto-correlation coefficient of the pulses instead of fitting the shift of the mean value of the probe in the standard WVA technique. Simulation results show that the AWVA approach outperforms the standard WVA technique in the time domain with smaller statistical errors, remarkably increasing the precision of weak measurement under strong noise background.
title Auto-correlative weak-value amplification under strong noise background
topic Quantum Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15231