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The estimation of the frequencies of multiple superimposed exponentials in noise is an important research problem due to its various applications from engineering to chemistry. In this paper, we propose an efficient and accurate algorithm…

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One of the main quests in quantum metrology, and quantum parameter estimation in general, is to find out the highest achievable precision with given resources and design schemes that attain that precision. In this article we present a…

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We seek for the optimal strategy to infer the width $a$ of an infinite potential wells by performing measurements on the particle(s) contained in the well. In particular, we address quantum estimation theory as the proper framework to…

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Quantum entanglement, in the form of spin squeezing, is known to improve the sensitivity of atomic instruments to static or slowly-varying quantities. Sensing transient events presents a distinct challenge, requires different analysis…

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We address parameter estimation for complex/structured systems and suggest an effective estimation scheme based on continuous-variables quantum probes. In particular, we investigate the use of a single bosonic mode as a probe for Ohmic…

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There exists, in general, a convex set of quantum state estimators that maximize the likelihood for informationally incomplete data. We propose an estimation scheme, catered to measurement data of this kind, to search for the exact…

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Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Xiaodie Lin , Zhenyu Chen , Zhaohui Wei

We present methods that can provide an exponential savings in the resources required to perform dynamic parameter estimation using quantum systems. The key idea is to merge classical compressive sensing techniques with quantum control…

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Quantum metrology overcomes standard precision limits and plays a central role in science and technology. Practically it is vulnerable to imperfections such as decoherence. Here, we demonstrate quantum metrology for noisy channels such that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 Kunkun Wang , Xiaoping Wang , Xiang Zhan , Zhihao Bian , Jian Li , Barry C. Sanders , Peng Xue

We address the metrological problem of estimating collective stochastic properties imprinted on a network of quantum sensors. Canonical examples include center-of-mass quadrature fluctuations in a system of bosonic modes and correlated…

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Conventionally in quantum sensing, the goal is to estimate one or more unknown parameters that are assumed to be deterministic - that is, they do not change between shots of the quantum-sensing protocol. We instead consider the setting…

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Quantum sensors are now universally acknowledged as one of the most promising near-term quantum technologies. The traditional formulation of quantum sensing introduces a concrete bound on ultimate precision through the so-called local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Victor Montenegro , Abolfazl Bayat

The accumulation of quantum phase in response to a signal is the central mechanism of quantum sensing, as such, loss of phase information presents a fundamental limitation. For this reason approaches to extend quantum coherence in the…

Relevant metrological scenarios involve the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters. The fundamental ingredient to achieve quantum-enhanced performances is based on the use of appropriately tailored quantum probes. However, reaching…