Quantum metrology in a nonlinear interferometer with feedback
Phys. Rev. A 112, 022603 – Published 4 August, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/4qm6-6bzl
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a nonlinear interferometer with feedback loops and explore its efficiency for phase estimation. We analyze two feedback schemes, one where both modes of the interferometer are fed back into the device and another where only one mode is fed back. The quantum Fisher information (QFI) for phase estimation in each feedback scheme increases with each feedback loop, and similar to the standard SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometer, phase estimation in this scheme is sensitive to photon loss when the inputs are vacuum state. In terms of resources, we show that, in the low-loss regime, our scheme performs better than the standard nonlinear interferometer. The feedback scheme provides the minimum phase variance when the unknown phase is small. We also provide a special case where the feedback scheme provided enhanced QFI even for large phase values. This is achieved by switching between squeezing and antisqueezing operators after every few loops.
