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The quantum multiparameter estimation is very different from the classical multiparameter estimation due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. When the optimal measurements for different parameters are incompatible,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Xiao-Ming Lu , Xiaoguang Wang

In this paper we extend both standard fault tolerance theory and Kitaev's model for quantum computation, combining them so as to yield quantitative results that reveal the interplay between the two. Our analysis establishes a methodology…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-03 Gerald Gilbert , Michael Hamrick , Yaakov S. Weinstein

We consider the problem of detecting the true quantum state among $r$ possible ones, based of measurements performed on $n$ copies of a finite-dimensional quantum system. A special case is the problem of discriminating between $r$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-14 Michael Nussbaum , Arleta Szkoła

Recently, a widely-used computation expression for quantum Fisher information was shown to be discontinuous at the parameter points where the rank of the parametric density operator changes. The quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound can be violated on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Yating Ye , Xiao-Ming Lu

The best possible precision is one of the key figures in metrology, but this is established by the exact response of the detection apparatus, which is often unknown. There exist techniques for detector characterisation, that have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Matteo Altorio , Marco G. Genoni , Fabrizia Somma , Marco Barbieri

In parameter estimation, nuisance parameters refer to parameters that are not of interest but nevertheless affect the precision of estimating other parameters of interest. For instance, the strength of noises in a probe can be regarded as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Jun Suzuki , Yuxiang Yang , Masahito Hayashi

Quantum incompatibility, referred as the phenomenon that some quantum measurements cannot be performed simultaneously, is necessary for various quantum information processing tasks, such as nonlocality and steering. When these applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-19 Xiaolin Zhang , Rui Qu , Zehong Chang , Yunlong Wang , Zhenyu Guo , Min An , Hong Gao , Fuli Li , Pei Zhang

We quantitatively analyze superradiance (collective emission) in a three-dimensional array of qubits without imposing any restrictions on the size of the sample. We show that even when the spacing between the qubits become arbitrarily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-20 D. D. Yavuz , B. Lemberger

We obtain the multiple-parameter quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound for estimating the transverse Cartesian components of the centroid and separation of two incoherent optical point sources using an imaging system with finite spatial bandwidth.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Shan Zheng Ang , Ranjith Nair , Mankei Tsang

We determine the bound to the maximum achievable sensitivity in the estimation of a scalar parameter from the information contained in an optical image in the presence of quantum noise. This limit, based on the Cramer-Rao bound, is valid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Vincent Delaubert , Nicolas Treps , Claude Fabre , Hans A. Bachor , Philippe Réfrégier

This paper aims at providing a fresh look at semiparametric estimation theory and, in particular, at the Semiparametric Cram\'{e}r-Rao Bound (SCRB). Semiparametric models are characterized by a finite-dimensional parameter vector of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-03-02 Stefano Fortunati , Fulvio Gini , Maria S. Greco , Abdelhak M. Zoubir , Muralidhar Rangaswamy

Quantum state tomography is a core task in quantum system identification. Real experimental conditions often deviate from nominal designs, introducing errors in both the measurement devices and the Hamiltonian governing the system's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Alan Chen , Shuixin Xiao , Hailan Ma , Daoyi Dong

We derive fundamental bounds on the maximal achievable precision in multiparameter noisy quantum metrology, valid under the most general entanglement-assisted adaptive strategy, which are tighter than the bounds obtained by a direct use of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-27 Francesco Albarelli , Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski

A new estimation scheme based on the split-step quantum walk (SSQW) revealed that by just setting a single parameter, SSQW can potentially achieve quantum Crame\'r-Rao bound in multiparameter estimation. This parameter even does not involve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Majid Moradi , Mostafa Annabestani

We discuss the ultimate precision bounds on the multiparameter estimation of single- and two-mode pure Gaussian states. By leveraging on previous approaches that focused on the estimation of a complex displacement only, we derive the Holevo…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Gabriele Bressanini , Marco G. Genoni , M. S. Kim , Matteo G. A. Paris

We prove a concise factor-of-2 estimate for the failure rate of optimally distinguishing an arbitrary ensemble of mixed quantum states, generalizing work of Holevo [Theor. Probab. Appl. 23, 411 (1978)] and Curlander [Ph.D. Thesis, MIT,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-14 Jon Tyson

We construct crude estimates for non-optimality of quantum measurements in terms of their violation of Holevo's simplified minimum-error optimality conditions. As an application, we show that a modification of Barnett and Croke's proof of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-15 Jon Tyson

In Quantum Non Demolition measurements, the sequence of observations is distributed as a mixture of multinomial random variables. Parameters of the dynamics are naturally encoded into this family of distributions. We show the local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-20 Tristan Benoist , F Gamboa , C Pellegrini

The quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound (QCRB) sets a fundamental limit for the measurement of classical signals with detectors operating in the quantum regime. Using linear-response theory and the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, we derive a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 Haixing Miao , Rana X Adhikari , Yiqiu Ma , Belinda Pang , Yanbei Chen

Conventional multiparameter quantum sensing relies on joint estimation, but this approach faces two key limitations: theoretical bounds may be unattainable due to measurement incompatibility, and sensing may fail due to parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Abolfazl Bayat , Victor Montenegro , Matteo G. A. Paris