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Published July 17, 2019 | Submitted
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Photon Added Coherent States: Nondeterministic, Noiseless Amplification in Quantum Metrology

Abstract

Probabilistic amplification through photon addition, at the output of an Mach-Zehnder interferometer is discussed for a coherent input state. When a metric of signal to noise ratio is considered, nondeterministic, noiseless amplification of a coherent state shows improvement over a standard coherent state, for the general addition of m photons. The efficiency of realizable implementation of photon addition is also considered and shows how the collected statistics of a post selected state, depend on this efficiency. We also consider the effects of photon loss and inefficient detectors.

Additional Information

The research in this document is from the Quantum Metrology Innovations for Military Missions program, which is being developed by the authors with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this presentation are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official views or policies of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. BTG would like to acknowledge support from the National Physical Science Consortium & National Institute of Standards and Technology graduate fellowship program, the Boeing corporation, as well as helpful discussions with Dr. Emanuel Knill at NISTBoulder. J.P.D would like to acknowledge support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Boeing Corporation, the National Science Foundation, and the Northrop Grumman Corporation.

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