RT Journal Article T1 Metrological resolution and minimum uncertainty states in linear and nonlinear signal detection schemes A1 Maldonado Mundo, Daniel A1 Luis Aina, Alfredo AB We study the performance of linear and nonlinear optical schemes for the detection of weak signals for two classes of probe states. These are quadrature coherent squeezed states and the minimum uncertainty states of the generator of the transformation and the measured observable. Both for linear and nonlinear schemes we show that the generator-measurement minimum uncertainty states are far from being optimum, while the quadrature coherent squeezed states can reach maximum accuracy almost for the same amount of squeezing in both cases. The analysis is largely based on a suitable approximation treating the photon number as a continuous variable. PB American Physical Society SN 1050-2947 YR 2009 FD 2009-12-04 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44644 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44644 LA eng NO ©2009 The American Physical Society. A. L. acknowledges support from Project No. FIS200801267 of the Spanish Direccion General de Investigacion del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion. NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), España DS Docta Complutense RD 30 dic 2025