Experimental Demonstrations of Coherence de Broglie Wavelength for Scalable Superresolution with Near-perfect Fringe Visibility

TL;DR

This paper experimentally demonstrates the use of coherence de Broglie wavelength (CBW) for scalable superresolution in quantum sensing, achieving high fringe visibility up to N=3 and robustness to photon loss, advancing superresolution metrology.

Contribution

The study provides the first experimental demonstration of scalable CBW superresolution with near-perfect fringe visibility up to N=3, overcoming limitations of previous quantum sensing methods.

Findings

Achieved CBW superresolution up to N=3.

Maintained near-perfect fringe visibility despite photon loss.

Potential for superresolution sensing within shot-noise limit.

Abstract

Quantum sensing and metrology have been intensively studied over the last several decades to surpass the fundamental shot-noise limit of classical systems and approach the Heisenberg limit. However, implementation of N00N-state-based quantum sensing has been severely constrained by the limited order N, intrinsically imperfect fringe visibility, and vulnerability to photon loss. Recently, the coherence de Broglie wavelength (CBW) has been proposed as an alternative method for achieving superresolution in a coherently coupled interferometer architecture, whose characteristics resemble those of photonic de Broglie wavelength (PBW) used in quantum sensing. Here, we experimentally demonstrate scalable CBW superresolution up to N=3, with near-perfect fringe visibility that is invariant to photon loss. The observed CBWs have the potential to enable a superresolution sensing platform even if it remains within the shot-noise limit.