Estimation with ultimate quantum precision of the transverse displacement between two photons via two-photon interference sampling measurements

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Main Authors: Triggiani, Danilo, Tamma, Vincenzo
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author Triggiani, Danilo
Tamma, Vincenzo
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Tamma, Vincenzo
contents We present a quantum sensing scheme achieving the ultimate quantum sensitivity in the estimation of the transverse displacement between two photons interfering at a balanced beam splitter, based on transverse-momentum sampling measurements at the output. This scheme can possibly lead to enhanced high-precision nanoscopic techniques, such as super-resolved single-molecule localization microscopy with quantum dots, by circumventing the requirements in standard direct imaging of cameras resolution at the diffraction limit, and of highly magnifying objectives. Interestingly, we show that our interferometric technique achieves the ultimate spatial precision in nature irrespectively of the overlap of the two displaced photonic wavepackets, while its precision is only reduced of a constant factor for photons differing in any non-spatial degrees of freedom. This opens a new research paradigm based on the interface between spatially resolved quantum interference and quantum-enhanced spatial sensitivity.
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spellingShingle Estimation with ultimate quantum precision of the transverse displacement between two photons via two-photon interference sampling measurements
Triggiani, Danilo
Tamma, Vincenzo
Quantum Physics
We present a quantum sensing scheme achieving the ultimate quantum sensitivity in the estimation of the transverse displacement between two photons interfering at a balanced beam splitter, based on transverse-momentum sampling measurements at the output. This scheme can possibly lead to enhanced high-precision nanoscopic techniques, such as super-resolved single-molecule localization microscopy with quantum dots, by circumventing the requirements in standard direct imaging of cameras resolution at the diffraction limit, and of highly magnifying objectives. Interestingly, we show that our interferometric technique achieves the ultimate spatial precision in nature irrespectively of the overlap of the two displaced photonic wavepackets, while its precision is only reduced of a constant factor for photons differing in any non-spatial degrees of freedom. This opens a new research paradigm based on the interface between spatially resolved quantum interference and quantum-enhanced spatial sensitivity.
title Estimation with ultimate quantum precision of the transverse displacement between two photons via two-photon interference sampling measurements
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06883