Path entanglement is a key resource for quantum metrology. Using path-entangled states, the standard quantum limit can be beaten, and the Heisenberg limit can be achieved. However, the preparation and detection of such states scales unfavourably with the number of photons. Here we introduce sequential path entanglement, in which photons are distributed across distinct time bins with arbitrary separation, as a resource for quantum metrology. We demonstrate a scheme for converting polarization Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger entanglement into sequential path entanglement. We observe the same enhanced phase resolution expected for conventional path entanglement, independent of the delay between consecutive photons. Sequential path entanglement can be prepared comparably easily from polarization entanglement, can be detected without using photon-number-resolving detectors, and enables novel applications.

Jin, X.m., Peng, C.z., Deng, Y.j., Barbieri, M., Nunn, J., Walmsley, I.a. (2013). Sequential Path Entanglement for Quantum Metrology. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3 [10.1038/srep01779].

Sequential Path Entanglement for Quantum Metrology

BARBIERI, MARCO;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Path entanglement is a key resource for quantum metrology. Using path-entangled states, the standard quantum limit can be beaten, and the Heisenberg limit can be achieved. However, the preparation and detection of such states scales unfavourably with the number of photons. Here we introduce sequential path entanglement, in which photons are distributed across distinct time bins with arbitrary separation, as a resource for quantum metrology. We demonstrate a scheme for converting polarization Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger entanglement into sequential path entanglement. We observe the same enhanced phase resolution expected for conventional path entanglement, independent of the delay between consecutive photons. Sequential path entanglement can be prepared comparably easily from polarization entanglement, can be detected without using photon-number-resolving detectors, and enables novel applications.
2013
Jin, X.m., Peng, C.z., Deng, Y.j., Barbieri, M., Nunn, J., Walmsley, I.a. (2013). Sequential Path Entanglement for Quantum Metrology. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3 [10.1038/srep01779].
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