压缩真空光输入和光子计数法增强Sagnac效应

压缩真空光输入和平衡零拍探测可有效增强Sagnac效应,提高陀螺精度;考虑平衡零拍探测的相位精度与相位自身相关,仅在某特定相位能达到最佳灵敏度,设计了一种基于光子计数法提取Sagnac输出相位的方案,并利用贝叶斯理论估计相位.理论分析结果表明,该方法能突破散粒噪声极限,相位精度不再受限于相位自身,且当压缩真空光和相干激光功率相同时,精度在理论上能达到海森堡极限.     

探测器对量子增强马赫-曾德尔干涉仪相位测量灵敏度的影响

研究了强度差测量方案下,探测器量子效率对光子数态、关联数态、压缩真空态三种量子光源注入的马赫-曾德尔干涉仪相位测量灵敏度的影响.获得了相位测量灵敏度与效率的定量关系,比较了探测效率对不同量子态注入的干涉仪相位灵敏度的影响.研究表明：光子数态注入时,相位测量灵敏度始终不能超越标准量子极限;关联数态注入时,无论多大的光子数,要获得相位测量的量子增强,探测效率不得小于75%;对于压缩真空态,只要有压缩存在就可以获得一定的相位测量的量子增强;关联数态、压缩真空态的注入,相位灵敏度皆随探测效率的增大而不同程度的提高,且压缩真空态比关联数态具有更好的量子增强效果.给出了在量子增强的精密测量实验中对探测效率的要求,并结合实际应用说明了探测效率的提高有助于提高干涉仪探测的灵敏度.     

基于零拍探测和压缩真空光输入增强Sagnac效应

利用量子技术增强Sagnac效应提高陀螺输出精度具有重要的研究意义, 是实现全自主导航的重要途径. 以相干态激光作为输入光源的光学陀螺因真空零点波动使其输出精度限制于散粒噪声极限而难以提高. 为减小真空波动的影响, 提出在激光输入的分束器的另一输入端输入压缩真空光并结合平衡零拍探测技术的方法增强Sagnac效应. 理论分析表明Sagnac效应性能得到有效提升: 干涉输出的灵敏度检测极限和动态范围均随着压缩程度的增加而呈指数级增长. 该方法只需对经典光学陀螺做少量改动就可实现, 是提高光学陀螺输出精度的一种新方法.     

Super-resolution and super-sensitivity of entangled squeezed vacuum state using optimal detection strategy

Interference metrology is a method for achieving high precision detection by phase estimation. The phase sensitivity of a traditional interferometer is subject to the standard quantum limit, while its resolution is constrained by the Rayleigh diffraction limit. The resolution and sensitivity of phase measurement can be enhanced by using quantum metrology. We propose a quantum interference metrology scheme using the entangled squeezed vacuum state, which is obtained using the magic beam splitter, expressed as |ψ〉=(|ξ〉|0〉+|0〉|ξ〉)/(2+2/coshr)~(1/2), such as the N00 N state. We derive the phase sensitivity and the resolution of the system with Z detection, project detection, and parity detection. By simulation and analysis, we determine that parity detection is an optimal detection method, which can break through the Rayleigh diffraction limit and the standard quantum limit.     

Two-parameter estimation in a matter-wave Sagnac interferometer

We explore the general characteristics of a matter-wave Sagnac interferometer in a two-parameter estimation scheme. We find that the measurement precisions of both parameters cannot reach the Heisenberg limit (HL) simultaneously when the input state is maximally entangled. Only one of the parameters’ uncertainties can approach the HL while the other is scaled by the standard quantum limit. We provide the conditions with which the measurement precision of the specific parameter can reach the HL. We also discuss and figure out the concrete expressions of the constraint conditions for saturating the quantum Cramér–Rao bound. To satisfy these constraint conditions, the evolution time has to be a series of discrete values. Additionally, we calculate the variances of the parameters through some examples under these constraint conditions. The results provided in our work show some intrinsic features of the matter-wave Sagnac interferometer for the two-parameter estimation, which can be valuable in actual experiments.     

Optimum quantum state of light for gravitational-wave interferometry

The laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are sensitive to the quantum state of light employed in the dark port of interferometric system. In this paper a general quantum state for the dark input port is assumed. The quantum state of light is expanded versus the Fock states. The quantum noise of interferometric system is computed as a function of the quantum state of light. The variational method and the genetic algorithm are employed to determine the coefficients of the dark input port and the laser input power for the minimization of the quantum noise. Calculation shows that the optimum quantum state for the dark input port is very close to the vacuum squeezed state. For this optimum quantum state the quantum noise and optimum laser power reduces one order of magnitude relative to the conventional interferometer.     

Optimal precision of parameter estimation in images with local sub-Poissonian quantum fluctuations

Non-classical quantum effects allow light with local sub-Poissonian fluctuations below shot noise to be produced. We show that using such light can improve the estimation precision of a parameter in an image beyond the standard Poissonian limit. This benefit is theoretically investigated by means of a phenomenological model of local sub-Poissonian noise which assumes the independence of the fluctuations in each pixel. In particular, a bound on the best precision expectable independently of the exact unbiased estimation protocol used, which is given by the Cramer-Rao bound, is determined from this model. The numerical simulations presented in the special case of the estimation of a displacement of an image perturbed with local sub-Poissonian noise show that a standard estimator can overcome the classical Poissonian limit by reaching this limit precision only beyond a certain value of the photon flux which we characterize. We eventually present some numerical results that demonstrate the generality of the model proposed, of the optimality bounds and of the estimator performance.     

Experimental study on the imaging of the squeezed state light at 1064 nm

Stable, low noise, infrared squeezed state tight at 1064 nm is generated by utilizing optical parametric down-conversion (OPDC) technique based on periodically poled KTiOPO₄ in a optical parametric amplifier (OPA) resonator. A non-classical noise reduction of 2.58 dB below the shot noise is observed through balanced homodyne detection. The squeezed state light is used to set up an imaging system for high-resolution imaging, and it is found that the resolution of image based on the amplitude-squeezed light is 1.26 times larger than that of infrared coherent light under the same intensity. The experimental results indicate that squeezed light is an important non-classical light, which can overcome the coherent laser shot-noise, the classical diffraction limit and limit of quantum noise.     

INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTION OF OPTICAL PHASE SHIFT USING TWIN BEAMS

An interferometric detection scheme to measure optical phase shift with sensi tivity beyond the shot noise limit is proposed. The theoretical calculation shows that using the quantum correlated twin beams produced from an optical parametric amplifier as the input fields of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the minimum detectable phase shift will exceed the shot noise limit N^-1/2 and approach the Heisenberg limit N^-1. The parametric dependences of the minimum detectable phase shift on the nonlinear interaction, input photon number, and detection efficiency are shown.     

基于压缩光的量子精密测量

对任何物理量的测量都有一定的噪声, 经典测量所能达到的最小噪声一般称为散粒噪声, 对应着测量的标准量子极限. 利用压缩光可以突破标准量子极限, 从而提高测量精度. 本文介绍了压缩态光场用于突破标准量子极限的基本原理, 以及压缩态光场在相位测量、光学横向小位移及倾斜测量、磁场测量以及时钟同步等精密测量领域的应用和最新进展.     

Experimental generation of optical non-classical states of light with 1.34 <Emphasis Type="Italic">μ</Emphasis>m wavelength

We report the experimental generation of the optical non-classical states with 1.34 μm wavelength which is close to one of the fiber telecommunication windows (1.31 μm). The single-mode amplitude squeezed states with quantum fluctuation of 2.3 ± 0.1 dB below the shot noise limit (SNL) and the entangled states with quantum correlation of 1.1 ± 0.1 dB below the SNL are produced by an optical parametric amplifier with a type-I phase-matched PPKTP crystal and a pair of properly oriented type-II phase-matched KTP crystals, respectively.     

Thermodynamic phase noise in fibre interferometers

Phase noise due to thermodynamic fluctuations in the optical path length is evaluated in this paper for basic fibre interferometers. In Mach-Zehnder and Michelson interferometers, where the temperature phase fluctuation (TPF) is that intrinsic to the fibre, this noise has been reported to be comparable to shot noise and a possible limit to sensor sensitivity in practical cases. We show that in Sagnac interferometers, used in fibre gyro and in Faraday current sensors, the TPF noise is decreased with respect to that intrinsic to the fiber because propagation in the same optical path leads to a correlation of the phase fluctuations. In addition, we show that in Fabry-Perot and ring resonators, as multiple reflections increase the effective path length, TPF noise is enhanced and can be dominant over shot noise even for moderate fibre lengths.     

可调谐振幅压缩光的产生及其在频率调制光谱中的应用

通过半导体激光器的注入锁定,产生了频率可在铯原子D2线附近（852。356nm)连续调谐约1GHz以上、压缩度约为0．8dB的振幅压缩光;将其应用在铯饱和蒸气样品的频率调制光谱的演示测量中,信噪比较散粒噪声极限提高了约0．7dB。     

Manipulating the quantum properties of continuous laser beams

The quantum properties of light play an ever increasing role in optics. Thanks to the ability to generate and use special light with modified quantum noise and to the generation of optical entanglement, we can now avoid the conventional limits imposed by the shot noise. In addition, we can create new quantum information protocols. This article concentrates on the case of continuous laser beams, which are used in many precision measurements and applications. The article summarizes some of the concepts, reviews the technical development, provides a simple and reliable model and shows some of the current directions of using optical quantum correlations, such as for the storage of quantum information. PACS 42.50.Dv     

Generation of non classical states of light by phase conjugation and parametric conversion

It is shown that oscillators using nearly degenerate parametric conversion or four-wave mixing in the phase conjugation geometry generate pairs of highly correlated photons. The intensity difference of the two corresponding light beams is then expected to be below the shot noise limit. This property can be used to produce intensity stabilized light beams below the quantum limit. The phases of the twin beams also exhibit interesting correlation properties which will be discussed. Moreover, the combination of the twin beams gives a squeezed state, which has been observed by other authors when the device is below the oscillation threshold. We will describe preliminary results of experiments performedabove oscillation threshold.     

二项-负二项组合光场态的光子统计性质及其在量子扩散通道中的生成

在组合二项-负二项分布的基础上, 提出了二项-负二项组合光场态, 这种态能在Fock态历经量子扩散通道的过程中实现. 导出了此光场的二阶相干度公式, g⁽²⁾(t) =2-((m²+m)/(m+κt²)), 发现随着时间的推移光场从非经典Fock态变为经典态, 光子数m 经扩散通道后变成了 m+κt, κ是扩散常数, 相应的光子统计从亚泊松分布历经泊松分布再变成混沌光; 初始Fock态的光子数越多, 则扩散所需的时间越长.     

Photon-assisted Shot noise of the double quantum dot interferometer in weak Kondo regime

The shot noise of a parallel double quantum dot (DQD) system under the perturbation of microwave fields is investigated in the weak Kondo regime. Peak-valley structures exhibit in the differential conductance and shot noise, and side resonant peaks emerge around the Kondo peak due to the absorption and emission of photons. The shot noise is sensitively dependent on the adjusting approach through changing the gate voltages. Large resonant Fano factor accompanying photon-induced side peaks appear by simultaneously varying the two gate voltages. The photon suppression and enhancement of shot noise have been evaluated corresponding to the coherent and incoherent current correlation. The destructive interference causes the suppression of shot noise by changing the Aharonov–Bohm phase.     

Strategies for Positive Partial Transpose (PPT) States in Quantum Metrologies with Noise

Quantum metrology overcomes standard precision limits and has the potential to play a key role in quantum sensing. Quantum mechanics, through the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, imposes limits on the precision of measurements. Conventional bounds to the measurement precision such as the shot noise limit are not as fundamental as the Heisenberg limits, and can be beaten with quantum strategies that employ ‘quantum tricks’ such as squeezing and entanglement. Bipartite entangled quantum states with a positive partial transpose (PPT), i.e., PPT entangled states, are usually considered to be too weakly entangled for applications. Since no pure entanglement can be distilled from them, they are also called bound entangled states. We provide strategies, using which multipartite quantum states that have a positive partial transpose with respect to all bi-partitions of the particles can still outperform separable states in linear interferometers.     

Electron bunching in transport through quantum dots in a high magnetic field

Shot noise measurements provide information on particle charge and its correlations. We report on shot noise measurements in a generic quantum dot under a quantized magnetic field. The measured noise at the peaks of a sequence of conductance resonances was some 9 times higher than expected, suggesting bunching of electrons as they traverse through the dot. This enhancement might be mediated by an additional level, weakly coupled to the leads or an excited state. Note that in the absence of a magnetic filed no bunching had been observed.     

利用自制的单频激光器获得近通讯波段正交振幅压缩态光场

利用自制的1.34 μm和0.67 μm双波长输出单频激光器作为泵浦源,泵浦基于PPKTP晶体的光学参量放大器,通过边带锁频技术将光学参量放大腔腔长锁定在激光频率上,将泵浦光和信号光相对相位锁定在π相位,经参量缩小过程获得低于散粒噪声极限约3 dB的正交振幅压缩光.压缩光位于光纤通信窗口——1.3 μm波段.