Active polarization stabilization of fields in an optical fiber for protective measurements
Abstract
We have performed Zeno protective measurements of quantum polarization states by coupling the polarization to a temporal pointer (arrival time) in a birefringent optical fiber. It is necessary to actively stabilize the polarization, and we do this by using the signal photon counts themselves as the error signal in a feedback loop. We compare these measurements to a stabilization scheme using a classical reference beam as the error signal. The method using photon counts has higher signal levels and significantly reduced background. These improvements allow us to increase the number of Zeno stages in our measurements from 9 to 13, with a corresponding decrease in the measurement uncertainty.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 462–462
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026
- Language
- EN