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Symmetry-Projected Compatible Multiparameter Quantum Sensing

Quantum Physics 2026-08-03 v1 Atomic Physics Optics

Abstract

We establish a general symmetry-projection framework for multiparameter quantum sensing. Decomposing encoding generators into subspace-preserving and subspace-changing components relative to a symmetry sector identically eliminates all cross-sector elements of the quantum Fisher information matrix (QFIM) and the mean symmetric logarithmic derivative (SLD) commutator matrix. When projected subspace-changing generators act as a scalar within the occupied subspace, the corresponding QFIM block reduces to four times the symmetrized covariance matrix, regardless of probe state purity. For parity-protected collective SU(2)\mathrm{SU}(2) spin systems, this renders the transverse QFIM directly certifiable via spin fluctuations, with the optimal axis aligned with the anti-squeezed quadrature. Applied to a dissipative one-axis-twisting system, our framework reveals that highly mixed transient states can exhibit nearly balanced, Heisenberg-scaled QFIM components for transverse--longitudinal parameter pairs (θy,θz)(\theta_y,\theta_z) over a broad time window. Furthermore, while the steady state retains an isotropic transverse QFIM scaling as N2/3N^2/3, weak compatibility for transverse parameter pairs (θx,θy)(\theta_x,\theta_y) exhibits a sharp parity dependence---failing for odd NN but restored for even NN. The resulting symmetry protection eliminates the Uhlmann curvature for transverse--longitudinal pairs, enabling simultaneous saturation of the multi-parameter quantum Cram\'{e}r-Rao bound in the asymptotic limit.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2608.01831,
  title  = {Symmetry-Projected Compatible Multiparameter Quantum Sensing},
  author = {G. R. Jin and Z. Y. Zhou and W. Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.01831},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6.2 pages, 1 figures