Entanglement-enhanced optical gyroscope

oleh: Matthias Fink, Fabian Steinlechner, Johannes Handsteiner, Jonathan P Dowling, Thomas Scheidl, Rupert Ursin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01

Deskripsi

Fiber optic gyroscopes (FOG) based on the Sagnac effect are a valuable tool in sensing and navigation and enable accurate measurements in applications ranging from spacecraft and aircraft to self-driving vehicles such as autonomous cars. As with any classical optical sensors, the ultimate performance of these devices is bounded by the shot-noise limit (SNL). Quantum-enhanced interferometry allows us to overcome this limit using non-classical states of light. Here, we report on an entangled-photon gyroscope that uses path-entangled NOON-states ( N  = 2) to provide super-resolution and phase sensitivity beyond the shot-noise limit.