Influence of multiphoton events on the quantum enhanced phase estimation

Abstract

Quantum metrology can approach measurement precision of Heisenberg Limit using an ideal quantum source, which has attracted a great interest in fundamental physical studies. However, the quantum metrology precision is impressionable to the system noise in experiments. In this paper, we analyze the influence of multiphoton events on the phase estimation precision when using a nondeterministic single photon source. Our results show there are an extra bias and quantum enhanced region restriction due to multiphoton events, which declines the quantum phase estimation precision. A limitation of multiphoton probability is obtained for quantum enhanced phase estimation accuracy under different experimental model. Our results provide beneficial suggestions for improving quantum metrology precision in future experiments.