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تسجيل مستخدم جديدEffects of losses on the sensitivity of an actively correlated Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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We theoretically studied the quantum Cram{e}r-Rao bound of an actively correlated Mach-Zehnder interferometer (ACMZI), where the quantum Fisher information obtained by the phase-averaging method can give the proper phase-sensing limit without any external phase reference. We numerically calculate the phase sensitivities with the method of homodyne detection and intensity detection in the presence of losses. Under lossless and very low loss conditions, the ACMZI is operated in a balanced case to beat the standard quantum limit (SQL). As the loss increases, the reduction in sensitivity increases. However within a certain range, we can adjust the gain parameters of the beam recombination process to reduce the reduction in sensitivity and realize the sensitivity can continue to beat the SQL in an unbalanced situation. Our scheme provides an optimization method of phase estimation in the presence of losses.
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