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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 70: Precision Measurements: Atom Interferometry II (joint session Q/A)

Q 70.2: Talk

Friday, March 10, 2023, 14:45–15:00, F342

Generalized Ramsey Protocols — •Maja Scharnagl — Institute for theoretical physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

We consider a variational class of generalized Ramsey protocols with two one-axis-twisting (OAT) operations, one before and one after the phase imprint, for which we optimize the direction of the signal imprint, the direction of the second OAT interaction and the measurement direction via a numerical routine for global optimization of constrained parameters. In doing so, we distinguish between protocols whose signal from spin projection measurements exhibits a symmetric or antisymmetric dependence on the phase to be measured. We find that the Quantum Fisher Information, which bounds the sensitivity achievable with a one-axis-twisted input state, can be saturated in our variational class of protocols for nearly all initial squeezing strengths. Therefore, the generalized Ramsey protocols considered here allow us to reduce quantum projection noise in comparison to the standard Ramsey protocol considerably.