Super-sensitive phase estimation with coherent boosted light using parity measurements*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11665010), the Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. QSQC1414), and the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department, China (Grant No. 17B055).

Xu Lan1, 2, 3, Tan Qing-Shou1, †
       

(color online) The quantum CRB Δϕdmin as a function of the fraction k ≡ |α0|2/Nc when r takes different values. Here the total coherent photon number is Nc = 500.