We search for the optimal quantum pure states of identical bosonic particles for applications in quantum metrology, in particular, in the estimation of a single parameter for the generic two-mode interferometric setup. We consider the general case in which the total number of particles is fluctuating around an average N with variance ΔN^2. By recasting the problem in the framework of classical probability, we clarify the maximal accuracy attainable and show that it is always larger than the one reachable with a fixed number of particles (i.e., ΔN=0). In particular, for larger fluctuations, the error in the estimation diminishes proportionally to 1/ΔN, below the Heisenberg-like scaling 1/N. We also clarify the best input state, which is a quasi-NOON state for a generic setup and, for some special cases, a two-mode Schrödinger-cat state with a vacuum component. In addition, we search for the best state within the class of pure Gaussian states with a given average N, which is revealed to be a product state (with no entanglement) with a squeezed vacuum in one mode and the vacuum in the other.

Two-mode bosonic quantum metrology with number fluctuations / De Pasquale, Antonella; Facchi, Paolo; Florio, Giuseppe; Giovannetti, Vittorio; Matsuoka, Koji; Yuasa, Kazuya. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 1050-2947. - STAMPA. - 92:4(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevA.92.042115]

Two-mode bosonic quantum metrology with number fluctuations

Florio, Giuseppe;
2015-01-01

Abstract

We search for the optimal quantum pure states of identical bosonic particles for applications in quantum metrology, in particular, in the estimation of a single parameter for the generic two-mode interferometric setup. We consider the general case in which the total number of particles is fluctuating around an average N with variance ΔN^2. By recasting the problem in the framework of classical probability, we clarify the maximal accuracy attainable and show that it is always larger than the one reachable with a fixed number of particles (i.e., ΔN=0). In particular, for larger fluctuations, the error in the estimation diminishes proportionally to 1/ΔN, below the Heisenberg-like scaling 1/N. We also clarify the best input state, which is a quasi-NOON state for a generic setup and, for some special cases, a two-mode Schrödinger-cat state with a vacuum component. In addition, we search for the best state within the class of pure Gaussian states with a given average N, which is revealed to be a product state (with no entanglement) with a squeezed vacuum in one mode and the vacuum in the other.
2015
Two-mode bosonic quantum metrology with number fluctuations / De Pasquale, Antonella; Facchi, Paolo; Florio, Giuseppe; Giovannetti, Vittorio; Matsuoka, Koji; Yuasa, Kazuya. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 1050-2947. - STAMPA. - 92:4(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevA.92.042115]
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