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Quantum estimation of a damping constant

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We discuss an interferometric approach to the estimation of quantum mechanical damping. We study specific classes of entangled and separable probe states consisting of superpositions of coherent states. Based on the assumption of limited quantum resources we show that entanglement improves the estimation of an unknown damping constant.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0703091,
  title  = {Quantum estimation of a damping constant},
  author = {Hannah Venzl and Matthias Freyberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0703091},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures