Abstract
Quantum metrology can achieve enhanced sensitivity for estimating unknown parameters beyond the standard quantum limit. Recently, multiple-phase estimation exploiting quantum resources has attracted intensive interest for its applications in quantum imaging and sensor networks. For multiple-phase estimation, the amount of enhanced sensitivity is dependent on quantum probe states, and multi-mode N00N states are known to be a key resource for this. However, its experimental demonstration has been missing so far since generating such states is highly challenging. Here, we report generation of multi-mode N00N states and experimental demonstration of quantum enhanced multiple-phase estimation using the multi-mode N00N states. In particular, we show that the quantum Cramer-Rao bound can be saturated using our two-photon four-mode N00N state and measurement scheme using a 4 × 4 multi-mode beam splitter. Our multiple-phase estimation strategy provides a faithful platform to investigate multiple parameter estimation scenarios.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5211 |
| Journal | Nature communications |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 Dec 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2019M3E4A1079777, 2019M3E4A1078660, 2020M3E4A1079939, 2021R1C1C1003625), the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) (2020-0-00947, 2020-0-00972), and the KIST research program (2E31021).
Publisher Copyright:
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)