Interferometry with few photons

Autores
Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín; Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela; Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo; Tiffenberg, J.; Iemmi, Claudio César
Año de publicación
2024
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Optical phase determination is an important and established tool in diverse fields such as astronomy, biology, or quantum optics. There is increasing interest in using a lower number of total photons. However, different noise sources, such as electronic readout noise in the detector, and shot noise, hamper the phase estimation in regimes of very low illumination. Here, we report a study on how the quality of phase determination is affected by these two sources of noise. To that end, we experimentally reconstruct different wave fronts by means of a point-diffraction interferometer for different mean intensities of illumination, up to 15 photons per pixel. Our interferometer features a skipper-CCD sensor, which allows us to reduce the readout noise arbitrarily, thus enabling us to separate the effect of these two sources of noise. For two cases of interest—a spatial qudit encoding phase, consisting of d = 6 uniform phase regions, and amore general continuous phase—we see that reducing the readout noise leads to a clear improvement in the quality of reconstruction. This can be explained by a simple noise model that allows us to predict the expected fidelity of reconstruction and shows excellent agreement with the measurements.
Fil: Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física. Laboratorio de Óptica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa. Ministerio de Defensa. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa; Argentina
Fil: Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Tiffenberg, J.. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Iemmi, Claudio César. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
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spelling Interferometry with few photonsPears Stefano, Quimey MartínMagnoni, Agustina GabrielaRodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario PabloTiffenberg, J.Iemmi, Claudio CésarINTERFEROMETRYFEW PHOTONSCCDhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Optical phase determination is an important and established tool in diverse fields such as astronomy, biology, or quantum optics. There is increasing interest in using a lower number of total photons. However, different noise sources, such as electronic readout noise in the detector, and shot noise, hamper the phase estimation in regimes of very low illumination. Here, we report a study on how the quality of phase determination is affected by these two sources of noise. To that end, we experimentally reconstruct different wave fronts by means of a point-diffraction interferometer for different mean intensities of illumination, up to 15 photons per pixel. Our interferometer features a skipper-CCD sensor, which allows us to reduce the readout noise arbitrarily, thus enabling us to separate the effect of these two sources of noise. For two cases of interest—a spatial qudit encoding phase, consisting of d = 6 uniform phase regions, and amore general continuous phase—we see that reducing the readout noise leads to a clear improvement in the quality of reconstruction. This can be explained by a simple noise model that allows us to predict the expected fidelity of reconstruction and shows excellent agreement with the measurements.Fil: Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; ArgentinaFil: Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física. Laboratorio de Óptica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa. Ministerio de Defensa. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa; ArgentinaFil: Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Tiffenberg, J.. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Estados UnidosFil: Iemmi, Claudio César. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; ArgentinaAmerican Physical Society2024-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/258748Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín; Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela; Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo; Tiffenberg, J.; Iemmi, Claudio César; Interferometry with few photons; American Physical Society; Physical Review Applied; 21; 6; 6-2024; 1-72331-7019CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.064050info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.064050info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:04:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/258748instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:04:50.831CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interferometry with few photons
title Interferometry with few photons
spellingShingle Interferometry with few photons
Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín
INTERFEROMETRY
FEW PHOTONS
CCD
title_short Interferometry with few photons
title_full Interferometry with few photons
title_fullStr Interferometry with few photons
title_full_unstemmed Interferometry with few photons
title_sort Interferometry with few photons
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín
Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela
Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo
Tiffenberg, J.
Iemmi, Claudio César
author Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín
author_facet Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín
Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela
Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo
Tiffenberg, J.
Iemmi, Claudio César
author_role author
author2 Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela
Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo
Tiffenberg, J.
Iemmi, Claudio César
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv INTERFEROMETRY
FEW PHOTONS
CCD
topic INTERFEROMETRY
FEW PHOTONS
CCD
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Optical phase determination is an important and established tool in diverse fields such as astronomy, biology, or quantum optics. There is increasing interest in using a lower number of total photons. However, different noise sources, such as electronic readout noise in the detector, and shot noise, hamper the phase estimation in regimes of very low illumination. Here, we report a study on how the quality of phase determination is affected by these two sources of noise. To that end, we experimentally reconstruct different wave fronts by means of a point-diffraction interferometer for different mean intensities of illumination, up to 15 photons per pixel. Our interferometer features a skipper-CCD sensor, which allows us to reduce the readout noise arbitrarily, thus enabling us to separate the effect of these two sources of noise. For two cases of interest—a spatial qudit encoding phase, consisting of d = 6 uniform phase regions, and amore general continuous phase—we see that reducing the readout noise leads to a clear improvement in the quality of reconstruction. This can be explained by a simple noise model that allows us to predict the expected fidelity of reconstruction and shows excellent agreement with the measurements.
Fil: Pears Stefano, Quimey Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física. Laboratorio de Óptica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa. Ministerio de Defensa. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo Estratégico para la Defensa; Argentina
Fil: Rodrigues Ferreira Maltez, Dario Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Tiffenberg, J.. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Iemmi, Claudio César. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
description Optical phase determination is an important and established tool in diverse fields such as astronomy, biology, or quantum optics. There is increasing interest in using a lower number of total photons. However, different noise sources, such as electronic readout noise in the detector, and shot noise, hamper the phase estimation in regimes of very low illumination. Here, we report a study on how the quality of phase determination is affected by these two sources of noise. To that end, we experimentally reconstruct different wave fronts by means of a point-diffraction interferometer for different mean intensities of illumination, up to 15 photons per pixel. Our interferometer features a skipper-CCD sensor, which allows us to reduce the readout noise arbitrarily, thus enabling us to separate the effect of these two sources of noise. For two cases of interest—a spatial qudit encoding phase, consisting of d = 6 uniform phase regions, and amore general continuous phase—we see that reducing the readout noise leads to a clear improvement in the quality of reconstruction. This can be explained by a simple noise model that allows us to predict the expected fidelity of reconstruction and shows excellent agreement with the measurements.
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