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1. Apply x′1 , x′2 , . . . , x′N sequentially on the lowest- Notice that another similar strategy would have been to
energy state |0⟩ of the transverse modes. apply all displacements and then use heterodyne mea-
surement {(1/π)|β⟩⟨β|} that simultaneously measures x̄′
2. Measure the output state with homodyne measure- and p̄′ . However, such a strategy would have had larger
ment {dx′ |x′ ⟩⟨x′ |}. Use MLE to produce an esti- overall error, representing the price to be paid for the
mate x̄ˆ′ of x̄′ . joint measurement of two conjugate quadratures.
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