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Quantum measurements not only extract information from a system but also alter its state. Although the outcome of the measurement is probabilistic, the backaction imparted on the measured system is accurately described by quantum theory.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-21 M. S. Blok , C. Bonato , M. L. Markham , D. J. Twitchen , V. V. Dobrovitski , R. Hanson

Quantum sensing is an ever-evolving research field describing the use of a quantum phenomenon to perform measurement of a physical quantity. Amongst different types of quantum sensors, atomic vapor-based quantum effects are extensively used…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Kfir Levi , Avital Giat , Liran Golan , Eliran Talker , Liron Stern

Quantum computing has made remarkable strides in recent years, as demonstrated by quantum supremacy experiments and the realization of high-fidelity, fault-tolerant gates. However, a major obstacle persists: practical real-world…

Searching for a weak signal at an unknown frequency is a canonical task in experiments probing fundamental physics such as gravitational-wave observatories and ultra-light dark matter haloscopes. These state-of-the-art sensors are limited…

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 key advantage of quantum metrology is the ability to surpass the standard quantum limit~(SQL) for measurement precision through the use of non-classical states. However, there is typically little to no improvement in precision with the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Hao Wu , Clayton Z. C. Ho , Grant D. Mitts , Joshua A. Rabinowitz , Eric R. Hudson

Magnons can endow quantum devices with new functionalities. Assessing their potential requires precise characterization of magnon properties. Here, we use a superconducting qubit to probe magnons in a ferrimagnet over a range of about 2000…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Sonia Rani , Xi Cao , Alejandro E. Baptista , Axel Hoffmann , Wolfgang Pfaff

Quantum sensors allow us to measure weak oscillating fields with incredible precision. One common approach is to use the time evolution of a single two-level system (or a qubit) in conjunction with applied control pulses to measure the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Rizwan Abbas , Ali Raza Mirza , Adam Zaman Chaudhry

Quantum entanglement has long been recognized as an important resource for quantum sensing. In this work, we demonstrate the use of multiple-quantum solid-state NMR for quantum sensing by creating, manipulating, and detecting large clusters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Conan Alexander , T S Mahesh

We present a sensitive diamond quantum sensor with a magnetic field sensitivity of $9.4 \pm 0.1~\mathrm{pT/\sqrt{Hz}}$ in a near-dc frequency range of 5 to 100~Hz. This sensor is based on the continuous-wave optically detected magnetic…

The impact of measurement imperfections on quantum metrology protocols has not been approached in a systematic manner so far. In this work, we tackle this issue by generalising firstly the notion of quantum Fisher information to account for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-21 Yink Loong Len , Tuvia Gefen , Alex Retzker , Jan Kołodyński

Quantum phase estimation is a central primitive in quantum algorithms and sensing, where performance is governed by the sensitivity of measurement signals to the target parameter. While existing methods have developed increasingly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Zikang Jia , Suying Liu , Yulong Dong

In nanoscale metrology applications, measurements are commonly limited by the performance of the sensor. Here we show that in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy measurements using single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond,…

We describe an experimental study of spin-projection noise in a high sensitivity alkali-metal magnetometer. We demonstrate a four-fold improvement in the measurement bandwidth of the magnetometer using continuous quantum non-demolition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-18 V. Shah , G. Vasilakis , M. V. Romalis

Quantum sensing exploits quantum phenomena to enhance the detection and estimation of classical parameters of physical systems and biological entities, particularly so as to overcome the inefficiencies of its classical counterparts. A…

In the processing of quantum computation, analyzing and learning the pattern of the quantum data are essential for many tasks. Quantum machine learning algorithms can not only deal with the quantum states generated in the preceding quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Zihua Chai , Ying Liu , Mengqi Wang , Yuhang Guo , Fazhan Shi , Zhaokai Li , Ya Wang , Jiangfeng Du

We study quantum measurement with preselection and postselection, and derive the precise expressions of the measurement results without any restriction on the coupling strength between the system and the measuring device. For a qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-18 Xuanmin Zhu , Yuxiang Zhang , Shengshi Pang , Chang Qiao , Quanhui Liu , Shengjun Wu

Developing the isolation and control of ultracold atomic systems to the level of single quanta has led to significant advances in quantum sensing, yet demonstrating a quantum advantage in real world applications by harnessing entanglement…

Under ideal conditions, quantum metrology promises a precision gain over classical techniques scaling quadratically with the number of probe particles. At the same time, no-go results have shown that generic, uncorrelated noise limits the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-13 J. B. Brask , R. Chaves , J. Kolodynski

Measuring the spectral properties of an optical frequency comb is among the most fundamental tasks of precision metrology. In contrast to general single-parameter measurement schemes, we demonstrate here single shot multiparameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-16 Y. Cai , J. Roslund , V. Thiel , C. Fabre , N. Treps