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Quantum metrology offers an enhanced performance in experiments such as gravitational wave-detection, magnetometry or atomic clocks frequency calibration. The enhancement, however, requires a delicate tuning of relevant quantum features…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-25 Jan Kolodynski , Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski

Quantum metrology exploits quantum correlations to make precise measurements with limited particle numbers. By utilizing inter- and intra- mode correlations in an optical interferometer, we find a state that combines entanglement and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 P. A. Knott , T. J. Proctor , A. J. Hayes , J. P. Cooling , J. A. Dunningham

We consider realistic measurement systems, where measurements are accompanied by decoherence processes. The aim of this work is the construction of methods and algorithms for precise quantum measurements with fidelity close to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Yu. I. Bogdanov , B. I. Bantysh , N. A. Bogdanova , A. B. Kvasnyy , V. F. Lukichev

Quantum parameter estimation with Hermitian systems has been applied in various fields, but there are relatively few results concerning non-Hermitian systems. Here, we study the quantum parameter estimation for general non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Xinglei Yu , Chengjie Zhang

The Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) is a geometric measure of state deformation calculated along the trajectory parameterizing an ensemble of quantum states. It serves as a key concept in quantum metrology, where it is linked to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Gabriela Wójtowicz , Susana F. Huelga , Marek M. Rams , Martin B. Plenio

Quantifying measurement precision in quantum systems is vital for advancing quantum technologies such as sensing, communication, and computation. The quantum Fisher information (QFI) sets the ultimate precision bound in Hermitian systems;…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Javid Naikoo , Ravindra W. Chhajlany , Jan Kołodyński , Adam Miranowicz

Quantum metrology is a rapidly developing branch of quantum technologies. While various theories have been established on quantum metrology for Markovian processes, i.e., quantum channel estimation, quantum metrology for non-Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Anian Altherr , Yuxiang Yang

We present a comprehensive and pedagogical formulation of Bayesian multiparameter quantum estimation. Within this framework, we analyse the role of measurement incompatibility and establish its quantitative effect on attainable precision.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Francesco Albarelli , Dominic Branford , Jesús Rubio

We show that measurement incompatibility is a necessary resource to enhance the precision of quantum metrology. To utilize incompatible measurements, we propose a probabilistic method of operational quasiprobability (OQ) consisting of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-21 Jeongwoo Jae , Jiwon Lee , Kwang-Geol Lee , M. S. Kim , Jinhyoung Lee

We consider the general problem of estimating an unknown control parameter of an open quantum system. We establish a direct relation between the evolution of both system and environment and the precision with which the parameter can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-10 Katarzyna Macieszczak , Madalin Guta , Igor Lesanovsky , Juan P. Garrahan

We investigate the ultimate precision achievable in Gaussian quantum metrology. We derive general analytical expressions for the quantum Fisher information matrix and for the measurement compatibility condition, ensuring asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Rosanna Nichols , Pietro Liuzzo-Scorpo , Paul A. Knott , Gerardo Adesso

Quantum mechanics gives a new breakthrough to the field of parameter estimation. In the realm of quantum metrology, the precision of parameter estimation is limited by the quantum Fisher information. We introduce the measures of partial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-14 Dong-Ping Xuan , Zhong-Xi Shen , Wen Zhou , Hua Nan , Shao-Ming Fei , Zhi-Xi Wang

We advocate a Bayesian approach to optimal quantum frequency estimation - an important issue for future quantum enhanced atomic clock operation. The approach provides a clear insight into the interplay between decoherence and the extent of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Katarzyna Macieszczak , Martin Fraas , Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski

This tutorial introduces a systematic approach for addressing the key question of quantum metrology: For a generic task of sensing an unknown parameter, what is the ultimate precision given a constrained set of admissible strategies. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Qiushi Liu , Zihao Hu , Haidong Yuan , Yuxiang Yang

Quantum entanglement offers the possibility of making measurements beyond the classical limit, however some issues still need to be overcome before it can be applied in realistic lossy systems. Recent work has used the quantum Fisher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 P. A. Knott , J. A. Dunningham

In estimating an unknown parameter of a quantum state the quantum Fisher information (QFI) is a pivotal quantity, which depends on the state and its derivate with respect to the unknown parameter. We prove the continuity property for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-16 A. T. Rezakhani , M. Hassani , S. Alipour

A key factor in ensuring the accuracy of computer simulations that model physical systems is the proper calibration of their parameters based on real-world observations or experimental data. Inevitably, uncertainties arise, and Bayesian…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Daniel Andrés Arcones , Martin Weiser , Phaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis , Jörg F. Unger

We analyze precision bounds for a local phase estimation in the presence of general, non-Markovian phase noise. We demonstrate that the metrological equivalence of product and maximally entangled states that holds under strictly Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Alex W. Chin , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

Interactions among sensors can provide, in addition to entanglement, an important resource for boosting the precision in quantum estimation protocols. Dephasing noise, however, remains a leading source of decoherence in state-of-the-art…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Francisco Riberi , Lorenza Viola

We propose a quantum metrology protocol based on a two-step joint evolution of the probe system and an ancillary qubit and quantum measurement. With a proper initial state of the ancillary qubit and an optimized evolution time, the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-06 Peng Chen , Jun Jing