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Quantum sensing technologies offer transformative potential for ultra-sensitive biomedical sensing, yet their clinical translation remains constrained by classical noise limits and a reliance on macroscopic ensembles. We propose a unifying…

The interaction between the electric dipole moments of a quantum emitter and a metal nanoparticle gives rise to unique optical properties, such as interference-induced photon correlations, that could be useful for enhanced intensity-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 L. C. Ugwuoke , T. P. J. Krüger , M. S. Tame

In recent years, distributed quantum sensing has gained interest for a range of applications requiring networks of sensors, from global-scale clock synchronization to high energy physics. In particular, a network of entangled sensors can…

Quantum sensing, using quantum properties of sensors, can enhance resolution, precision, and sensitivity of imaging, spectroscopy, and detection. An intriguing question is: Can the quantum nature (quantumness) of sensors and targets be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Ping Wang , Chong Chen , Renbao Liu

Quantum sensors are powerful devices that exploit quantum effects to detect minute quantities with extremely high precision. Two obstacles to harnessing the full capacity of quantum probes are the resource-intensive preparation of the probe…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Dingwei Zhao , Abolfazl Bayat , Victor Montenegro

Using a single quantum probe to sense other quantum objects offers distinct advantages but suffers from some limitations that may degrade the sensing precision severely, especially when the probe-target coupling is weak. Here we propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 Yi-Nan Fang , Xing Xiao , Chang-Pu Sun , Wen Yang , Nan Zhao

Quantum metrology research promises approaches to build new sensors that achieve the ultimate level of precision measurement and perform fundamentally better than modern sensors. Practical schemes that tolerate realistic fabrication…

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) is a powerful method for label-free imaging and spectroscopy of materials. Recent experiments have shown that quantum-enhanced Raman scattering can surpass the shot noise limit and improve the sensitivity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-27 Frank Schlawin , Manuel Gessner

I present my perspective on sensing with quantum light. I summarise the motivations and methodology for identifying quantum enhancements in sensing over a classical sensor. In the real world, this enhancement will be a constant factor, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Animesh Datta

By exploiting the exotic quantum states of a probe, it is possible to realize efficient sensors that are attractive for practical metrology applications and fundamental studies. Similar to other quantum technologies, quantum sensing is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-06 W. Wang , Z. -J. Chen , X. Liu , W. Cai , Y. Ma , X. Mu , L. Hu , Y. Xu , H. Wang , Y. P. Song , X. -B. Zou , C. -L. Zou , L. Sun

Quantum plasmonics is a rapidly growing field of research that involves the study of the quantum properties of light and its interaction with matter at the nanoscale. Here, surface plasmons - electromagnetic excitations coupled to electron…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-25 M. S. Tame , K. R. McEnery , S. K. Ozdemir , J. Lee , S. A. Maier , M. S. Kim

Quantum plasmonics explores how light interacts with collective charge oscillations at metal-dielectric interfaces, enabling strong confinement and enhanced quantum effects at the nanoscale. While traditional quantum optics focuses on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Mingyuan Hong

"Quantum sensing" describes the use of a quantum system, quantum properties or quantum phenomena to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. Historical examples of quantum sensors include magnetometers based on superconducting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-31 C. L. Degen , F. Reinhard , P. Cappellaro

Quantum systems are powerful detectors with wide-ranging applications from scanning probe microscopy of materials to biomedical imaging. Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, for instance, can be operated as qubits for sensing of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 Christopher I. Timms , Michael H. Kolodrubetz

Rydberg atoms have been shown remarkable performance in sensing microwave field. The sensitivity of such an electrometer based on optical readout of atomic ensemble has been demonstrated to approach the photon-shot-noise limit. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Shuhe Wu , Dong Zhang , Zhengchun Li , Minwei Shi , Peiyu Yang , Jinxian Guo , Wei Du , Guzhi Bao , Weiping Zhang

Quantum sensing is a rapidly growing approach to probe fundamental physics and explore new phase space for possible new physics with precision and highly sensitive measurements in our quest to understand the deep structure of matter and its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-26 Steven D. Bass , Michael Doser

The emerging field of plasmonics can lead to enhanced light matter interactions at extremely nanoscale regions. Plasmonic (metallic) devices promise to efficiently control both classical and quantum properties of light. Plasmonic waveguides…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-22 Ying Li , Christos Argyropoulos

Stimulated Raman spectroscopy has become a powerful tool to study the spatiodynamics of molecular bonds with high sensitivity, resolution and speed. However, sensitivity and speed of state-of-the-art stimulated Raman spectroscopy are…

Quantum states of light can enable sensing configurations with sensitivities beyond the shot-noise limit (SNL). In order to better take advantage of available quantum resources and obtain the maximum possible sensitivity, it is necessary to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-21 Mohammadjavad Dowran , Timothy S. Woodworth , Ashok Kumar , Alberto M. Marino

Quantum sensors outperform their classical counterparts in their estimation precision, given the same amount of resources. So far, quantum-enhanced sensitivity has been achieved by exploiting the superposition principle. This enhancement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Victor Montenegro , Gareth Siôn Jones , Sougato Bose , Abolfazl Bayat