Bounding the quantum limits of precision for phase estimation with loss and thermal noise

We consider the problem of estimating an unknown but constant carrier phase modulation theta using a general, possibly entangled, n-mode optical probe through n independent and identical uses of a lossy bosonic channel with additive thermal noise. We find an upper bound to the quantum Fisher informa...

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Main Authors: Gagatsos, Christos N., Bash, Boulat A., Guha, Saikat, Datta, Animesh
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Coll Opt Sci
Language:en
Published: AMER PHYSICAL SOC 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626465
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626465