Title :
Experimental super resolved phase measurements at the shot noise limit
Author :
Cohen, Lawrence ; Dovrat, L. ; Istrati, D. ; Eisenberg, H.S.
Author_Institution :
Racah Institue of Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
Using photon-number resolving detectors, we directly measure the parity of coherent states in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Phases are super resolved by a factor of 150 and shot noise limited measurements are demonstrated with 200 photons.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light coherence; parity; phase estimation; photon counting; shot noise; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; coherent states parity; photon-number resolving detectors; shot noise limit; super resolved phase measurements; Detectors; Interference; Noise; Optical interferometry; Phase measurement; Photonics; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
