Local and Global Distinguishability in Quantum Interferometry

Details Local and Global Distinguishability in Quantum Interferometry Local and Global Distinguishability in Quantum Interferometry

2006-07-14

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0607088v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, in submission, minor revisions

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.070801

A statistical distinguishability based on relative entropy characterises the fitness of quantum states for phase estimation. This criterion is employed in the context of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and used to interpolate between two regimes, of local and global phase distinguishability. The scaling of distinguishability in these regimes with photon number is explored for various quantum states. It emerges that local distinguishability is dependent on a discrepancy between quantum and classical rotational energy. Our analysis demonstrates that the Heisenberg limit is the true upper limit for local phase sensitivity. Only the `NOON' states share this bound, but other states exhibit a better trade-off when comparing local and global phase regimes.

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