Najafi Peyman, Naeimi Ghasem, Saeidian Shahpoor
Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran.
Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, 34185-1416, Iran.
Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 14;13(1):15268. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42516-0.
We propose a method to map the conventional optical interferometry setup into quantum circuits. The unknown phase shift inside a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in the presence of photon loss is estimated by simulating the quantum circuits. For this aim, we use the Bayesian approach in which the likelihood functions are needed, and they are obtained by simulating the appropriate quantum circuits. The precision of four different definite photon-number states of light, which all possess six photons, is compared. The measurement scheme that we have considered is counting the number of photons detected after the final beam splitter of the interferometer, and photon loss is modeled by using fictitious beam splitters in the arms of the interferometer. Our results indicate that three of the four definite photon-number states considered can have better precision than the standard interferometry limit whenever the photon loss rate is in a specific range. In addition, the Fisher information for the four definite photon-number states in the setup is also estimated to check the optimality of the chosen measurement scheme.
我们提出了一种将传统光学干涉测量装置映射到量子电路的方法。通过模拟量子电路来估计存在光子损失时马赫 - 曾德尔干涉仪内的未知相移。为此,我们使用贝叶斯方法,该方法需要似然函数,而似然函数是通过模拟适当的量子电路获得的。比较了四种均含有六个光子的不同确定光子数态光的精度。我们所考虑的测量方案是对干涉仪最终分束器之后检测到的光子数进行计数,并且通过在干涉仪臂中使用虚拟分束器来模拟光子损失。我们的结果表明,只要光子损失率处于特定范围,所考虑的四种确定光子数态中的三种可以具有比标准干涉测量极限更好的精度。此外,还估计了该装置中四种确定光子数态的费舍尔信息,以检验所选测量方案的最优性。