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most citedPhase sensitivity approaching quantum Cramer-Rao bound in a modified SU(1,1) interferometer

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17 papers

quant-ph2021

Quantum-enhanced SU(1,1) interferometry via a Fock state

Shuai Wang, Jian-Dong Zhang, Xue-Xiang Xu

In this paper, we derive a general expression of the quantum Fisher information of an SU(1,1) interferometer with an arbitrary state and a Fock state as inputs by the phase-averagi…

quant-ph2021★ 11 cited

SU(1,1) interferometry with parity measurement

Shuai Wang, Jiandong Zhang

We present a new operator method in the Heisenberg representation to obtain the signal of parity measurement within a lossless SU(1,1) interferometer. Based on this method, it is c…

quant-ph2020★ 30 cited

Phase sensitivity approaching quantum Cramer-Rao bound in a modified SU(1,1) interferometer

Jian-Dong Zhang, Chenglong You, Chuang Li +1

SU(1,1) interferometers, based on the usage of nonlinear elements, are superior to passive interferometers in phase sensitivity. However, the SU(1,1) interferometer cannot make ful…

quant-ph2020★ 1 cited

New kind of asymmetric integration projection operators constructed by entangled state representations and parity measurement

S. Wang, Z. P. Wang, J. D. Zhang

By means of the technique of integration within an ordered product of operators and Dirac notation, we introduce a new kind of asymmetric integration projection operators in entang…

quant-ph2020★ 1 cited

Classical Inputs and Measurements Enable Phase Sensitivity beyond the Shot-Noise Limit

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +2

Coherent-state-based phase estimation is a fruitful testbed for the field of precision measurements since coherent states are robust to decoherence when compared with exotic quantu…

physics.optics2019★ 1 cited

Single-shot Precise Ranging using Twisted Light

Long-Zhu Cen, Zi-Jing Zhang, Jun-Yan Hu +7

Over the past decade, optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes were shown to offer advantages in optical information acquisition. Here, we introduce a new scheme for optical ra…

physics.optics2019

Control of Structured Light Enables Nearly Perfect Noise-filtering

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +7

The performance of laser-based active sensing has been severely limited by two types of noise: electrical noise, stemming from elements; optical noise, laser jamming from an eavesd…

quant-ph2019★ 2 cited

Conclusive nonlinear phase sensitivity limit for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with single-mode non-vacuum inputs

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Jun-Yan Hu +4

Many works have stated that nonlinear interactions can improve phase sensitivity beyond the Heisenberg limit scaling of with being the mean photon number. This raises som…

quant-ph2019

A nearly optimal and robust protocol for nonlinear phase estimation using coherent states

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Jun-Yan Hu +4

We propose a protocol for the second-order nonlinear phase estimation with a coherent state as input and balanced homodyne detection as measurement strategy. The sensitivity is sub…

physics.optics2019

Angular-spectrum-based analysis on the self-healing effect of Laguerre-Gaussian beams after an obstacle

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Jun-Yan Hu +4

Self-healing, as an exotic effect, has showed many potential applications. In this paper, we focus on the self-healing effect of Laguerre-Gaussian beams after an obstacle. By takin…

quant-ph2018★ 7 cited

Deterministic super-resolved estimation towards angular displacements based upon a Sagnac interferometer and parity measurement

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +2

Super-resolved angular displacement estimation is of crucial significances for quantum information process and optical lithography. Here we report on and experimentally demonstrate…

quant-ph2018★ 27 cited

Sub-Heisenberg-limited nonlinear phase estimation: Parity measurement approaches the quantum Cramér-Rao bound

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +2

Quantum-enhanced phase estimation paves the way to ultra-precision sensing and is of great realistic significance. In this paper we investigate theoretically the estimation of a se…

quant-ph2018★ 1 cited

Angular displacement estimation of Heisenberg scaling: Tunable squeezed Bell state via the enhancement of spin and orbital angular momenta

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +1

We demonstrate an angular momentum-enhanced protocol that permits an angular displacement estimation by using tunable squeezed Bell state and parity detection. We consider the reso…

quant-ph2018

Quantum process tomography with Heisenberg scaling based on Gaussian state and binary detection

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +1

We propose a quantum process tomography scheme that utilizes two-mode squeezed vacuum to realize the parameter estimation with Heisenberg scaling. The objective is to estimate a ro…

quant-ph2018★ 28 cited

Toward demonstrating super-sensitive angular displacement estimation by using orbital angular momentum coherent state and SU(1,1)-SU(2) hybrid interferometer

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +2

In this paper, we propose a protocol for angular displacement estimation based upon orbital angular momentum coherent state and a SU(1,1)-SU(2) hybrid interferometer. This interfer…

quant-ph2018★ 2 cited

Optimal binary strategy for angular displacement estimation based upon fidelity appraisal

Jian-Dong Zhang, Zi-Jing Zhang, Long-Zhu Cen +2

We report on an optimal binary strategy for angular displacement estimation. The measuring system is a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed by a coherent state carrying orbital…

quant-ph2018★ 12 cited

Orbital-angular-momentum-enhanced estimation of sub-Heisenberg-limited angular displacement with two-mode squeezed vacuum and parity detection

Jiandong Zhang, Zijing Zhang, Longzhu Cen +1

We report on an orbital-angular-momentum-enhanced scheme for angular displacement estimation based on two-mode squeezed vacuum and parity detection. The sub-Heisenberg-limited sens…