Sub-Heisenberg estimation of non-random phase shifts

We provide evidence that the uncertainty in detection of small and deterministic phase-shift deviations from a working point can be lower than the Heisenberg bound, for a fixed finite mean number of photons. We achieve that by exploiting nonlinearity of estimators and coherence with the vacuum.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rivas Vargas, Ángel, Luis Aina, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44589
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44589
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Quantum
Likelihood
Limit
Statistics
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
Descripción
Sumario:We provide evidence that the uncertainty in detection of small and deterministic phase-shift deviations from a working point can be lower than the Heisenberg bound, for a fixed finite mean number of photons. We achieve that by exploiting nonlinearity of estimators and coherence with the vacuum.