Effect of detection efficiency on phase sensitivity in quantum-enhanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer

被引：1

作者：

Li Shi-Yu ^{[1
]}

Tian Jian-Feng ^{[1
]}

Yang Chen ^{[1
]}

Zuo Guan-Hua ^{[1
]}

Zhang Yu-Chi ^{[2
]}

Zhang Tian-Cai ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Shanxi Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Extreme Opt, Inst Optoelect, State Key Lab Quantum Opt & Quantum Opt Devices, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China

[2] Shanxi Univ, Coll Phys & Elect Engn, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China

来源：

ACTA PHYSICA SINICA | 2018年 / 67卷 / 23期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

detection efficiency; quantum enhanced measurement; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; phase sensitivity; PRECISION; STATES; NOISE; LIMIT;

D O I：

10.7498/aps.67.20181193

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Three kinds of quantum light sources: Fock state, correlated Fock-state and squeezed vacuum state, which serve as the injection end of Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) are investigated. The effect of detection quantum efficiency on the sensitivity of phase measurement in MZI is analyzed by using the intensity difference detection scheme. By analyzing the MZI system, the quantitative relationship between the sensitivity of phase measurement and the detection efficiency is obtained. It is found that the phase sensitivity cannot go beyond the standard quantum limit in any case when the Fock state is injected into interferometer, that is, the Fock state does not realize quantum enhanced measurement (QEM). And the injection of correlated Fock-state or squeezed vacuum state of light can go beyond the standard quantum limit, but the conditions for realizing quantum enhancement are different, quantum enhancement can only be achieved when the detection efficiency is greater than 75% for correlated Fock-state, or the squeezed vacuum state of light is injected into interferometer. There is no limitation of the minimum detection efficiency for realizing quantum enhancement on squeezed vacuum state. In principle, quantum enhancement can be achieved as long as the squeezed vacuum state is injected. The influence of detection efficiency on the phase sensitivity is investigated when the correlated Fock-state and the squeezed vacuum state are injected into the MZI. It is found that the phase sensitivity or quantum enhancement becomes better as the quantum efficiency of the detection system turns higher. And it is the squeezed vacuum state injected into the interferometer that has better quantum enhancement effect than the correlated Fock-state. In this study, the requirements for the detection efficiency for realizing QEM in experiment are given, which is of great significance for studying the QEM, when taking the real experimental system into account. In addition, the conclusions obtained from the MZI model discussed can also be used to analyze the sensitivity of detecting the gravitational wave, it explains that the improvement of detector efficiency can indeed improve the sensitivity to gravitational wave detection, which will play an important role in exploring gravitational waves and understanding the time and space to reveal the mystery of the universe in the future.

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