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Operational significance of nonclassicality in nonequilibrium Gaussian quantum thermometry

Quantum Physics 2023-09-21 v2

Abstract

We provide new operational significance of nonclassicality in nonequilibrium temperature estimation of bosonic baths with Gaussian probe states and Gaussian dynamics. We find a bound on the thermometry performance using classical probe states. Then we show that by using nonclassical probe states, single-mode and two-mode squeezed vacuum states, one can profoundly improve the classical limit. Interestingly, we observe that this improvement can also be achieved by using Gaussian measurements. Hence, we propose a fully Gaussian protocol for enhanced thermometry, which can simply be realized and used in quantum optics platforms.

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@article{arxiv.2207.10742,
  title  = {Operational significance of nonclassicality in nonequilibrium Gaussian quantum thermometry},
  author = {Safoura S. Mirkhalaf and Mohammad Mehboudi and Zohre Nafari Qaleh and Saleh Rahimi-Keshari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.10742},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

In the updated version: (i)A new coauthor has joined the collaboration. (ii)New simulations are added. (iii)We also concretely prove the Lamb-shift is temperature independent