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Noise suppression in inverse weak value based phase detection
We examine the effect of different sources of technical noise on inverse weak
value-based precision phase measurements. We find that this type of measurement
is similarly robust to technical noise as related experiments in the weak value
regime. In particular, the measurements considered here are robust to additive
Gaussian white noise and angular jitter noise commonly encountered in optical
experiments. Additionally, we show the same techniques used for precision phase
measurement can be used with the same technical advantages for optical
frequency measurements.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Technical advantages for weak value amplification: When less is more
The technical merits of weak value amplification techniques are analyzed. We
consider models of several different types of technical noise in an optical
context and show that weak value amplification techniques (which only use a
small fraction of the photons) compare favorably with standard techniques
(which uses all of them). Using the Fisher information metric, we demonstrate
that weak value techniques can put all of the Fisher information about the
detected parameter into a small portion of the events and show how this fact
alone gives technical advantages. We go on to consider a time correlated noise
model, and find that a Fisher information analysis indicates that while the
standard method can have much larger information about the detected parameter
than the postselected technique. However, the estimator needed to gather the
information is technically difficult to implement, showing that the inefficient
(but practical) signal-to-noise estimation of the parameter is usually
superior. We also describe other technical advantages unique to imaginary weak
value amplification techniques, focusing on beam deflection measurements. In
this case, we discuss combined noise types (such as detector transverse jitter,
angular beam jitter before the interferometer and turbulence) for which the
interferometric weak value technique gives higher Fisher information over
conventional methods. We go on to calculate the Fisher information of the
recently proposed photon recycling scheme for beam deflection measurements, and
show it further boosts the Fisher information by the inverse postselection
probability relative to the standard measurement case
Gravitational sensing with weak value based optical sensors
Using weak values amplification angular resolution limits, we theoretically
investigate the gravitational sensing of objects. By inserting a force-sensing
pendulum into a weak values interferometer, the optical response can sense
accelerations to a few 10's of
, with optical powers of
. We convert this precision into range and mass sensitivity,
focusing in detail on simple and torsion pendula. Various noise sources present
are discussed, as well as the necessary cooling that should be applied to reach
the desired levels of precision.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, Quantum Stud.: Math. Found. (2018
Precision frequency measurements with interferometric weak values
We demonstrate an experiment which utilizes a Sagnac interferometer to
measure a change in optical frequency of 129 kHz per root Hz with only 2 mW of
continuous wave, single mode input power. We describe the measurement of a weak
value and show how even higher frequency sensitivities may be obtained over a
bandwidth of several nanometers. This technique has many possible applications,
such as precision relative frequency measurements and laser locking without the
use of atomic lines.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, published in PR
Ultrasensitive Beam Deflection Measurement via Interferometric Weak Value Amplification
We report on the use of an interferometric weak value technique to amplify
very small transverse deflections of an optical beam. By entangling the beam's
transverse degrees of freedom with the which-path states of a Sagnac
interferometer, it is possible to realize an optical amplifier for polarization
independent deflections. The theory for the interferometric weak value
amplification method is presented along with the experimental results, which
are in good agreement. Of particular interest, we measured the angular
deflection of a mirror down to 560 femtoradians and the linear travel of a
piezo actuator down to 20 femtometers
Optimizing the Signal to Noise Ratio of a Beam Deflection Measurement with Interferometric Weak Values
The amplification obtained using weak values is quantified through a detailed
investigation of the signal to noise ratio for an optical beam deflection
measurement. We show that for a given deflection, input power and beam radius,
the use of interferometric weak values allows one to obtain the optimum signal
to noise ratio using a coherent beam. This method has the advantage of reduced
technical noise and allows for the use of detectors with a low saturation
intensity. We report on an experiment which improves the signal to noise ratio
for a beam deflection measurement by a factor of 54 when compared to a
measurement using the same beam size and a quantum limited detector
Power-recycled weak-value-based metrology
We improve the precision of the interferometric weak-value-based beam
deflection measurement by introducing a power recycling mirror, creating a
resonant cavity. This results in \emph{all} the light exiting to the detector
with a large deflection, thus eliminating the inefficiency of the rare
postselection. The signal-to-noise ratio of the deflection is itself magnified
by the weak value. We discuss ways to realize this proposal, using a transverse
beam filter and different cavity designs.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Continuous phase amplification with a Sagnac interferometer
We describe a weak value inspired phase amplification technique in a Sagnac
interferometer. We monitor the relative phase between two paths of a slightly
misaligned interferometer by measuring the average position of a split-Gaussian
mode in the dark port. Although we monitor only the dark port, we show that the
signal varies linearly with phase and that we can obtain similar sensitivity to
balanced homodyne detection. We derive the source of the amplification both
with classical wave optics and as an inverse weak value.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, previously submitted for publicatio
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