Petermann-factor limited sensing near an exceptional point
arXiv:1911.05191 · doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15341-6
Abstract
Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians describing open systems can feature singularities called exceptional points (EPs). Resonant frequencies become strongly dependent on externally applied perturbations near an EP which has given rise to the concept of EP-enhanced sensing in photonics. However, while increased sensor responsivity has been demonstrated, it is not known if this class of sensor results in improved signal-to-noise performance. Here, enhanced responsivity of a laser gyroscope caused by operation near an EP is shown to be exactly compensated by increasing sensor noise in the form of linewidth broadening. The noise, of fundamental origin, increases according to the Petermann factor, because the mode spectrum loses the oft-assumed property of orthogonality. This occurs as system eigenvectors coalesce near the EP and a biorthogonal analysis confirms experimental observations. Besides its importance to the physics of microcavities and non-Hermitian photonics, this is the first time that fundamental sensitivity limits have been quantified in an EP sensor.
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