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We investigate the sensing capacity of non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum systems exhibiting Bloch oscillations. By focusing on the resource efficiency of the probe, quantified by quantum Fisher information, we find different scaling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Hassan Manshouri , Moslem Zarei , Mehdi Abdi , Sougato Bose , Abolfazl Bayat

In its simplest form, decoherence occurs when a quantum state is entangled with a second state, but the results of measurements made on the second state are not accessible. As the second state has effectively "measured" the first, in this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-02 Samuel P. Nolan , Simon A. Haine

We investigate the dephasing dynamics of a qubit as an effective mechanism for estimating the temperature of its surrounding environment for different symmetrizes. Our approach is fundamentally quantum, leveraging the qubit's susceptibility…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Anass Hminat , Abdallah Slaoui , Rachid Ahl Laamara , Mourad Telmini

We consider estimating the parameter associated with the qubit depolarizing channel when the available initial states that might be employed are mixed. We use quantum Fisher information as a measure of the accuracy of estimation to compare…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 David Collins , Jaimie Stephens

A usual assumption in quantum estimation is that the unknown parameter labels the possible states of the system, while it influences neither the sample space of outcomes nor the measurement aimed at extracting information on the parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 Luigi Seveso , Matteo A. C. Rossi , Matteo G. A. Paris

Quantum-enhanced metrology can be achieved by entangling a probe with an auxiliary system, passing the probe through an interferometer, and subsequently making measurements on both the probe and auxiliary system. Conceptually, this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Simon A. Haine , Stuart S. Szigeti

A multi-slit interference experiment, with which-way detectors, in the presence of environment induced decoherence, is theoretically analyzed. The effect of environment is modeled via a coupling to a bath of harmonic oscillators. Through an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-02 Anu Venugopalan , Sandeep Mishra , Tabish Qureshi

Quantum metrology promises precision beyond classical limits, yet environmental noise typically degrades the quantum resources required for such enhancement. In this work, we investigate frequency estimation in noisy continuous-variable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Ayan Patra , Manju , Aditi Sen De , Matteo G. A. Paris

Various schemes have been proposed to overcome the drawback of the decoherence on quantum-enhanced parameter estimation. Here we suggest an alternative method, quantum feedback, to enhance the parameter precision of optimal quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Qiang Zheng , Li Ge , Yao Yao , Qi-jun Zhi

Gaussian quantum states and channels are pivotal across many branches of quantum science and their applications, including the processing and storage of quantum information, the investigation of thermodynamics in the quantum regime, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Alice P. G. Hall , Carlos H. S. Vieira , Jonas F. G. Santos

We study protective quantum measurements in the presence of an environment and decoherence. We consider the model of a protectively measured qubit that also interacts with a spin environment during the measurement. We investigate how the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 Maximilian Schlosshauer

We address the use of simple quantum probes for the spectral characterization of classical noisy environments. In our scheme a qubit interacts with a classical stochastic field describing environmental noise and is then measured after a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 Claudia Benedetti , Fabrizio Buscemi , Paolo Bordone , Matteo G. A. Paris

Novel concepts, perspectives and challenges in measuring and controlling an open quantum system via sequential schemes are shown. We discuss how similar protocols, relying both on repeated quantum measurements and dynamical decoupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Stefano Gherardini , Andrea Smirne , Matthias M. Müller , Filippo Caruso

The laws of quantum mechanics allow to perform measurements whose precision supersedes results predicted by classical parameter estimation theory. That is, the precision bound imposed by the central limit theorem in the estimation of a…

In order to achieve practical implementations of emerging quantum technologies, it is important to have a firm understanding of the dynamics of realistic quantum open systems. Master equations provide a widely used tool in this regard. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Adam Zaman Chaudhry , Jiangbin Gong

Accurate control of quantum systems requires precise measurement of the parameters that govern the dynamics, including control fields and interactions with the environment. Parameters will drift in time and experiments interleave protocols…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-11 Swarnadeep Majumder , Leonardo Andreta de Castro , Kenneth R. Brown

Quantum continuous measurement strategies consist an essential element in many modern sensing technologies leading to potentially enhanced estimation of unknown physical parameters. In such schemes, continuous monitoring of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Theodoros Ilias

We estimate the initial weight and phase parameters ($\theta, \phi)$ of a single qubit system initially prepared in the coherent state $\ket{\theta,\phi}$ and interacts with three different shape of pulses; rectangular, exponential, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 N. Metwally , S. S. Hassan

Quantum measurement is a physical process. What physical resources and constraints does quantum mechanics require for measurement to produce the classical world we observe? Treating measurement as a fully unitary quantum process, our goal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Vishal Johnson , Ashmeet Singh , Reimar Leike , Philipp Frank , Torsten Enßlin

We find the geometric phase of a two-level system undergoing pure dephasing via interaction with an arbitrary environment, taking into account the effect of the initial system-environment correlations. We use our formalism to calculate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Sharoon Austin , Sheraz Zahid , Adam Zaman Chaudhry