Metrological resolution and minimum uncertainty states in linear and nonlinear signal detection schemes

We study the performance of linear and nonlinear optical schemes for the detection of weak signals for two classes of probe states. These are quadrature coherent squeezed states and the minimum uncertainty states of the generator of the transformation and the measured observable. Both for linear and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Maldonado Mundo, Daniel, Luis Aina, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44644
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44644
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Quantum states
Squeezed-light
Noise
Limit
Polarization
Interferometer
Spectroscopy
Classicality
Information
Reduction
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:We study the performance of linear and nonlinear optical schemes for the detection of weak signals for two classes of probe states. These are quadrature coherent squeezed states and the minimum uncertainty states of the generator of the transformation and the measured observable. Both for linear and nonlinear schemes we show that the generator-measurement minimum uncertainty states are far from being optimum, while the quadrature coherent squeezed states can reach maximum accuracy almost for the same amount of squeezing in both cases. The analysis is largely based on a suitable approximation treating the photon number as a continuous variable.