Heisenberg-scaling characterization of a two-channel optical network via two-port homodyne detection

Abstract

We present a fully Gaussian and experimentally feasible scheme for the simultaneous estimation of the four real parameters that characterize a two-channel optical network. The scheme utilizes a two-mode squeezed probe and balanced homodyne detection at both output ports, for which we derive the complete classical Fisher information matrix analytically. Our scheme achieves the Heisenberg-scaling sensitivity for all four parameters simultaneously, enabling full multiparameter characterization of the two-channel interferometric network. We further show, by maximum-likelihood estimation, that the corresponding multiparameter Cramér-Rao bounds are saturated with a modest number of experimental repetitions and for low photon number. The scheme establishes a practical route to Heisenberg-scaling multiparameter Gaussian metrology for a two-channel network, with direct relevance to calibration and sensing in integrated photonics and distributed quantum-enhanced measurement architectures.

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