Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry

Florian Kaiser; Panagiotis Vergyris; Djeylan Aktas; Charles Babin; Laurent Labonté; Sébastien Tanzilli

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.163

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Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry

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- Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 7, Issue 2, (2018)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Université Côte d'Azur, Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), Nice 06108, France
  2.Now at 3. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
  3.Now at Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Stuttgart 70569, Germany
  4.École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon 69364, France
- Author bio：
  
  F Kaiser, Email: f.kaiser@physik.uni-stuttgart.de
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.163
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- Published：2018，
  
  Published Online：23 March 2018，
  
  Received：31 July 2017，
  
  Revised：10 November 2017，
  
  Accepted：20 November 2017
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Kaiser, F. et al. Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry. Light: Science & Applications, 2, 17163 (2018).
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Kaiser, F. et al. Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry. Light: Science & Applications, 2, 17163 (2018). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.163.

摘要

Abstract

White-light interferometry is one of today's most precise tools for determining the properties of optical materials. Its achievable precision and accuracy are typically limited by systematic errors due to a high number of interdependent data-fitting parameters. Here

we introduce spectrally resolved quantum white-light interferometry as a novel tool for optical property measurements

notably

chromatic dispersion in optical fibres. By exploiting both spectral and photon-number correlations of energy-time entangled photon pairs

the number of fitting parameters is significantly reduced

which eliminates systematic errors and leads to an absolute determination of the material parameter. By comparing the quantum method to state-of-the-art approaches

we demonstrate the quantum advantage of 2.4 times better measurement precision

despite requiring 62 times fewer photons. The improved results are due to conceptual advantages enabled by quantum optics

which are likely to define new standards in experimental methods for characterising optical materials.

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Keywords

chromatic dispersioninterferometryquantum opticsquantum metrology

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