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Minimal-noise estimation of noncommuting rotations of a spin

Quantum Physics 2024-05-15 v3

Abstract

We propose an analogue of SU(1,1)\text{SU}(1,1) interferometry to measure rotation of a spin by using two-spin squeezed states. Attainability of the Heisenberg limit for the estimation of the rotation angle is demonstrated for maximal squeezing. For a specific direction and strength an advantage in sensitivity for all equatorial rotation axes (and hence non-commuting rotations) over the classical bound is shown in terms of quadratic scaling of the single-parameter quantum Fisher information for the corresponding rotation angles. Our results provide a method for measuring magnetic fields in any direction in the xx-yy-plane with the same optimized initial state.

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@article{arxiv.2303.08591,
  title  = {Minimal-noise estimation of noncommuting rotations of a spin},
  author = {Jakub Czartowski and Karol Życzkowski and Daniel Braun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08591},
  year   = {2024}
}

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30 pages + title page + abstract, 11 figures