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Spin ensembles play a pivotal role in various quantum applications such as metrology and simulating many-body physics. Recent research has proposed utilizing spin cat states to encode logical quantum information, with logical lifetimes…

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Superposed coherent states are central to quantum technologies, yet their reliable identification remains a challenge, especially in noisy or resource-constrained settings. We introduce a novel, directly measurable criterion for detecting…

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Quantum correlations can be harnessed to improve the precision in parameter estimation beyond classical capabilities. Under a standard interferometric or rotation protocol, it is well established that the optimal single-mode Gaussian state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Rubén Gordillo-Hachuel , Erik Torrontegui , Cristina de Dios , Ricardo Puebla

Coherent states (CS) quantum entropy can be split into two components. The dynamical entropy is linked with the dynamical properties of a quantum system. The measurement entropy, which tends to zero in the semiclassical limit, describes the…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 Jaroslaw Kwapien , Wojciech Slomczynski , Karol Zyczkowski

We propose a scheme to generate spin cat states, i.e., superpositions of maximally separated quasiclassical states on a single high-dimensional nuclear spin in a solid-state device. We exploit a strong quadrupolar nonlinearity to drive the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Pragati Gupta , Arjen Vaartjes , Xi Yu , Andrea Morello , Barry C. Sanders

The concepts of separability, entanglement, spin-squeezing and Heisenberg limit are central in the theory of quantum enhanced metrology. In the current literature, these are well established only in the case of linear interferometers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 P. Hyllus , L. Pezzé , A. Smerzi

Quantum technologies exploit entanglement to enhance various tasks beyond their classical limits including computation, communication and measurements. Quantum metrology aims to increase the precision of a measured quantity that is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-25 Bálint Koczor , Suguru Endo , Tyson Jones , Yuichiro Matsuzaki , Simon C. Benjamin

We study how useful random states are for quantum metrology, i.e., surpass the classical limits imposed on precision in the canonical phase estimation scenario. First, we prove that random pure states drawn from the Hilbert space of…

We propose a spin-motion state for high-precision quantum metrology with super-Heisenberg scaling of the parameter estimation uncertainty using a trapped ion system. Such a highly entangled state can be created using the Tavis-Cummings…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-18 Venelin P. Pavlov , Peter A. Ivanov

In the domain of quantum metrology, cat states have demonstrated their utility despite their inherent fragility with respect to losses. Here, we introduce noise robust optical cat states which exhibit a metrological robustness for phase…

Spin squeezing plays a crucial role in quantum metrology and quantum information science. Its generation is the prerequisite for further applications but still faces an enormous challenge since the existing physical systems rarely contain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-09 Long-Gang Huang , Xuanchen Zhang , Yanzhen Wang , Zhenxing Hua , Yuanjiang Tang , Yong-Chun Liu

We propose a measurement-based quantum metrology protocol in a composite model, where the probe system (a spin ensemble) is coupled to an ancillary two-level system (qubit) with a general Heisenberg XXZ interaction. With an optimized and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Peng Chen , Jun Jing

The precision of a quantum sensor can overcome its classical counterpart when its constituents are entangled. In gaussian squeezed states, quantum correlations lead to a reduction of the quantum projection noise below the shot noise limit.…

Quantum metrology exploits entangled states of particles to improve sensing precision beyond the limit achievable with uncorrelated particles. All previous methods required detection noise levels below this standard quantum limit to realize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-09 O. Hosten , R. Krishnakumar , N. J. Engelsen , M. A. Kasevich

A promising practical application of entanglement is metrology, where quantum states can be used to make measurements beyond the shot noise limit. Here we consider how metrology schemes could be realised using atomic Bose-Einstein…

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By considering matter wave bright solitons from weakly coupled Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in a double-well potential, we study the formation of macroscopic non-classical states, including Schr\"odinger-cat superposition states and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 D. V. Tsarev , S. M. Arakelian , You-Lin Chuang , Ray-Kuang Lee , A. P. Alodjants

We propose a method to perform precision measurements of the interaction parameters in systems of N ultra-cold spin 1/2 atoms. The spectroscopy is realized by first creating a coherent spin superposition of the two relevant internal states…

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Cat states, which were initially proposed to manifest macroscopic superpositions, play an outstanding role in fundamental aspects of quantum dynamics. In addition, they have potential applications in quantum computation and quantum sensing.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-30 Zheng-Yang Zhou , Clemens Gneiting , Wei Qin , J. Q. You , Franco Nori

Cat states are a valuable resource for quantum metrology applications, promising to enable sensitivity down to the Heisenberg limit. Moreover, Schr\"odinger cat states, based on a coherent superposition of coherent states, show robustness…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 S. Zhao , M. G. Krauss , T. Bienaime , S. Whitlock , C. P. Koch , S. Qvarfort , A. Metelmann

We investigate the presence of spin- and planar- squeezing in generalized superpositions of atomic (or spin) coherent states (ACS). Spin-squeezing has been shown to be a useful tool in determining the presence of entanglement in…