Phys. Rev. A 80, 043822 (2009) [7 pages]

Resolution and sensitivity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a photon-number-resolving detector

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Christoph F. Wildfeuer^1,*, Aaron J. Pearlman², Jun Chen^2,3, Jingyun Fan^2,3, Alan Migdall^2,3, and Jonathan P. Dowling¹
¹Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
²Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8441, USA
³Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

Received 11 May 2009; published 19 October 2009

With photon-number resolving detectors, we show compression of interference fringes with increasing photon numbers for a Fabry-Perot interferometer. This feature provides a higher precision in determining the position of the interference maxima compared to a classical detection strategy. We also theoretically show supersensitivity if N-photon states are sent into the interferometer and a photon-number resolving measurement is performed.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.043822

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevA.80.043822

PACS:

42.50.St, 42.50.Ar, 42.50.Dv, 85.60.Gz

^*wildfeuer@phys.lsu.edu

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Phys. Rev. A 80, 043822 (2009) [7 pages]

Resolution and sensitivity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a photon-number-resolving detector