Resolution and sensitivity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a photon-number-resolving detector

Abstract

With photon-number resolving detectors, we show compression of interference fringes with increasing photon numbers for a Fabry-Perot interferometer. This feature provides a higher precision in determining the position of the interference maxima compared to a classical detection strategy. We also theoretically show supersensitivity if N-photon states are sent into the interferometer and a photon-number resolving measurement is performed.

8 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, minor extensions, title changed, new figures added, reference corrected