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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

Critical quantum metrology relies on the extreme sensitivity of a system's eigenstates near the critical point of a quantum phase transition to Hamiltonian perturbations. This means that these eigenstates are extremely sensitive to all the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 George Mihailescu , Steve Campbell , Karol Gietka

Quantum metrology based on quantum entanglement and quantum coherence improves the accuracy of measurement. In this paper, we briefly review the schemes of quantum metrology in various complex systems, including non-Markovian noise,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-18 Qing Ai , Yang-Yang Wang , Jing Qiu

We present a geometric formulation of quantum mechanics based on the symplectic structure of the projective Hilbert space. Building upon the standard K\"ahler framework, we introduce an extension in which the symplectic structure is allowed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Hoshang Heydari

Non-Hermitian systems have attracted considerable interest over the last few decades due to their unique spectral and dynamical properties not encountered in Hermitian counterparts. An intensely debated question is whether non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Ievgen I. Arkhipov , Franco Nori , Şahin K. Özdemir

Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) is a fundamental quantity in quantum parameter estimation theory, characterizing the ultimate precision bound of parameter estimation. In this work, we investigate QFI for quantum states in non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 L. H. Wei , H. J. Xing , L. B. Fu , H. D. Liu

We construct uncertainty relation for arbitrary finite dimensional PT invariant non-Hermitian quantum systems within a special inner product framework. This construction is led by good observables which are a more general class of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-11 Namrata Shukla , Ranjan Modak , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

Quantum Mechanics is a good example of a successful theory. Most of atomic phenomena are described well by quantum mechanics and cases such as Lamb Shift that are not described by quantum mechanics, are described by quantum electrodynamics.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-27 Mahdi Atiq , Mozafar Karamian , Mehdi Golshani

Quantum metrology makes use of quantum mechanics to improve precision measurements and measurement sensitivities. It is usually formulated for time-independent Hamiltonians but time-dependent Hamiltonians may offer advantages, such as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Marina Cabedo-Olaya , Juan Gonzalo Muga , Sofía Martínez-Garaot

Non-Hermiticity in quantum Hamiltonians leads to nonunitary time evolution and possibly complex energy eigenvalues, which can lead to a rich phenomenology with no Hermitian counterpart. In this work, we study the dynamics of an exactly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 Karin Sim , Nicolò Defenu , Paolo Molignini , R. Chitra

Entanglement is generally considered necessary for achieving the Heisenberg limit in quantum metrology. We construct analogues of Dicke and GHZ states on a single $N+1$ dimensional qudit that achieve precision equivalent to symmetrically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-26 Pragati Gupta

There are a number of different strategies to measure the phase shift between two pathways of light more efficiently than suggested by the standard quantum limit. One way is to use highly entangled photons. Another way is to expose photons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-19 Lewis A. Clark , Adam Stokes , M. Mubashir Khan , Gangcheng Wang , Almut Beige

We provide efficient and intuitive tools for deriving bounds on achievable precision in quantum enhanced metrology based on the geometry of quantum channels and semi-definite programming. We show that when decoherence is taken into account,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-19 Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski , Jan Kolodynski , Madalin Guta

Quantum metrology has been studied for a wide range of systems with time-independent Hamiltonians. For systems with time-dependent Hamiltonians, however, due to the complexity of dynamics, little has been known about quantum metrology. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-10 Shengshi Pang , Andrew N. Jordan

Dynamical instabilities can amplify small perturbations into measurable signals, offering a route to quantum-enhanced sensing. This mechanism was experimentally demonstrated in a collective-spin system with quadratic interactions, described…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Bidhi Vijaywargia , Jorge Chávez-Carlos , Francisco Pérez-Bernal , Lea F. Santos

Unwanted interaction between a quantum system and its fluctuating environment leads to decoherence and is the primary obstacle to establishing a scalable quantum information processing architecture. Strategies such as environmental and…

We develop generalized bounds for quantum single-parameter estimation problems for which the coupling to the parameter is described by intrinsic multi-system interactions. For a Hamiltonian with $k$-system parameter-sensitive terms, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Boixo , Steven T. Flammia , Carlton M. Caves , JM Geremia

Quantum effects in metrology can in principle enhance measurement precision from the so-called standard quantum limit to the Heisenberg Limit. Further advancements in quantum metrology largely rely on innovative metrology protocols that can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Zhixing Zou , Jiangbin Gong , Weitao Chen

Non-Hermitian quantum metrology, an emerging field at the intersection of quantum estimation and non-Hermitian physics, holds promise for revolutionizing precision measurement. Here, we present a comprehensive investigation of non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Xinglei Yu , Xinzhi Zhao , Liangsheng Li , Xiao-Min Hu , Xiangmei Duan , Haidong Yuan , Chengjie Zhang

The observation of genuine quantum effects in systems governed by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians has been an outstanding challenge in the field. Here we simulate the evolution under such Hamiltonians in the quantum regime on a superconducting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-24 Shruti Dogra , Artem A. Melnikov , Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu