Quantum metrology in a nonlinear-interferometer with feedback

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Main Authors: Singh, Shivani, Hamilton, Craig S., Jex, Igor
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author Singh, Shivani
Hamilton, Craig S.
Jex, Igor
author_facet Singh, Shivani
Hamilton, Craig S.
Jex, Igor
contents In this paper, we propose a nonlinear interferometer with feedback loops and explore its efficiency for phase estimation. We analyse two feedback schemes, one where both modes of the interferometer are fed-back into the device and another where only one mode is fed-back. The quantum Fisher information (QFI) for phase estimation in each feedback scheme increases with each feedback loop, and similar to the standard SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometer, phase estimation in this scheme is sensitive to photon loss when the inputs are vacuum state. In terms of resources, we show that, in the low-loss regime, our scheme performs better than standard nonlinear interferometer. The feedback scheme provides the minimum phase variance when the unknown phase is small. We have also provided a special case where feedback scheme provided enhanced QFI even for large phase values. This is achieved by switching between squeezing and anti-squeezing operators after every few loops.
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spellingShingle Quantum metrology in a nonlinear-interferometer with feedback
Singh, Shivani
Hamilton, Craig S.
Jex, Igor
Quantum Physics
In this paper, we propose a nonlinear interferometer with feedback loops and explore its efficiency for phase estimation. We analyse two feedback schemes, one where both modes of the interferometer are fed-back into the device and another where only one mode is fed-back. The quantum Fisher information (QFI) for phase estimation in each feedback scheme increases with each feedback loop, and similar to the standard SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometer, phase estimation in this scheme is sensitive to photon loss when the inputs are vacuum state. In terms of resources, we show that, in the low-loss regime, our scheme performs better than standard nonlinear interferometer. The feedback scheme provides the minimum phase variance when the unknown phase is small. We have also provided a special case where feedback scheme provided enhanced QFI even for large phase values. This is achieved by switching between squeezing and anti-squeezing operators after every few loops.
title Quantum metrology in a nonlinear-interferometer with feedback
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17160