Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 11, 1106023(2023)

Precision Phase Estimation Based on Spatial Stokes Tomography of Vector Beams

Chunyu Li, Haijun Wu, Jiaqi Jiang, Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán, Bo Zhao*, and Zhihan Zhu**
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  • Wang Da-Heng Collaborative Innovation Center, Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Control, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, Heilongjiang , China
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    Vector light gains an increasing interest due to its exotic spatial polarization structure texture, which is governed by the intramodal phase of two orthogonal polarization components, and, in particular, has shown great potential in optical metrology. We present and demonstrate experimentally a novel laser interferometric technique fed by a vector sensing beam. The phase variation of the interferometer is first mapped into the intramodal phase of the sensing beam. Then, by in-situ characterizing the vectorial polarization state of the sensing beam via spatial Stokes tomography, a precision phase estimation approaching standard-quantum or Heisenberg (by feeding a N00N state) limit can be achieved in arbitrary phase ranges including insensitive regions.

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    Chunyu Li, Haijun Wu, Jiaqi Jiang, Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán, Bo Zhao, Zhihan Zhu. Precision Phase Estimation Based on Spatial Stokes Tomography of Vector Beams[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(11): 1106023

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Apr. 19, 2023

    Accepted: May. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhao Bo (zhaobo@hrbust.edu.cn), Zhu Zhihan (zhuzhihan@hrbust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231119

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