We investigate the performance of quantum parameter estimation based on a qubit probe in a dissipative bosonic environment beyond the traditional paradigm of weak-coupling and rotating-wave approximations. By making use of an exactly numerical hierarchical equations of motion method, we analyze the influences of the non-Markovian memory effect induced by the environment and the form of probe-environment interaction on the estimation precision. It is found that (i) the non-Markovianity can effectively boost the estimation performance and (ii) the estimation precision can be improved by introducing a perpendicular probe-environment interaction. Our results indicate the scheme of parameter estimation in a noisy environment can be optimized via engineering the decoherence mechanism.
@article{arxiv.2110.07825,
title = {Quantum parameter estimation in a dissipative environment},
author = {Wei Wu and Chuan Shi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.07825},
year = {2021}
}