Multiparameter estimation with single photons

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Abstract

It was suggested in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 070403] that optical networks with relatively simple preparation and measurement devices -- single photon Fock states and on-off detectors -- can show significant improvements over classical strategies for multiparameter estimation when the number of modes in the network is small.~ This was further developed in [arXiv:1610.07128] for the case of single parameter estimation, and shown to be sub-shotnoise only for n\textless 7. ~In this paper, we show that this simple strategy can give asymptotically post-classical sensitivity for multiparameter estimation even when the number of modes is large.~ Additionally, we consider the effects of several other measurement techniques that can increase the efficiency of this device.

Authors

  • Sushovit Adhikari

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University

  • Chenglong You

    Louisiana State Univ - Baton Rouge, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Margarite Laborde

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Jonathan Dowling

    Louisiana State Univ - Baton Rouge, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Jonathan Olson

    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University