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Zeptosecond-scale single-photon gyroscope

Published 23 Feb 2024 in quant-ph | (2402.15385v2)

Abstract: This paper presents an all-fiber telecom-range optical gyroscope employing a spontaneous parametric down conversion crystal to produce ultra-low intensity thermal light by tracing-out one of the heralded photons. The prototype exhibits a detection limit on photon delay measurements of $249$ zs over a $72$ s averaging time and 26 zs in differential delay measurements at t=10<sup>4t=10<sup>4 s averaging. The detection scheme proves to be the most resource-efficient possible, saturating $&gt;99.5\%$ of the Cram\'er-Rao bound. These results are groundbreaking in the context of low-photon regime quantum metrology, paving the way to novel experimental configurations to bridge quantum optics with special or general relativity.

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