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Characterizing and calibrating physical qubits is essential for maintaining the performance of quantum processors. A key challenge in this process is the presence of crosstalk that complicates the estimation of individual qubit detunings.…

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We determine the minimal experimental resources that ensure a unique solution in the estimation of trace-preserving quantum channels with both direct and convex optimization methods. A convenient parametrization of the constrained set is…

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This work compares the performance of single and two qubit probes for estimating several phase rotations simultaneously under the action of different noisy channels. We compute the quantum limits for this simultaneous estimation using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Lorcan. O. Conlon , Ping Koy Lam , Syed. M. Assad

Precision measurements with quantum systems rely on our ability to trace the differences between experimental signals to variations in unknown physical parameters. In this Letter we derive the Fisher information and the ensuing Cramer-Rao…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Søren Gammelmark , Klaus Mølmer

The Heisenberg limit provides a fundamental bound on the achievable estimation precision with a limited number of $N$ resources used (e.g., atoms, photons, etc.). Using entangled quantum states makes it possible to scale the precision with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-28 Wojciech Górecki

We consider estimation of a single unknown parameter embedded in a quantum state. Quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound (QCRB) is the ultimate limit of the mean squared error for any unbiased estimator. While it can be achieved asymptotically for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Zihao Gong , Boulat A. Bash

This paper studies the optimal state estimation for a dynamic system, whose transfer function can be nonlinear and the input noise can be of arbitrary distribution. Our algorithm differs from the conventional extended Kalman filter (EKF)…

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Quantum estimation theory provides optimal observations for various estimation problems for unknown parameters in the state of the system under investigation. However, the theory has been developed under the assumption that every observable…

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In multiparameter quantum metrology, the ultimate precision of joint estimation is dictated by the Holevo Cram\'er-Rao bound. In this paper, we discuss and analyze in detail an alternative approach: the stepwise estimation strategy. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Gabriele Fazio , Jiayu He , Matteo G. A. Paris

This dissertation explores the topics of parameter estimation and model reduction in the context of quantum filtering. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a review of classical and quantum probability theory, stochastic calculus and filtering. Chapter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-08-11 Bradley A. Chase

We consider the estimation of noise parameters in a quantum channel, assuming the most general strategy allowed by quantum mechanics. This is based on the exploitation of unlimited entanglement and arbitrary quantum operations, so that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Stefano Pirandola , Cosmo Lupo

A well-studied scenario in quantum parameter estimation theory arises when the parameter to be estimated is imprinted on the initial state by a Hamiltonian of the form $\theta G$. For such "phase shift Hamiltonians" it has been shown that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Julien Mathieu Elias Fraisse , Daniel Braun

In statistical estimation theory, it has been shown previously that the Wigner-Yanase skew information is bounded by the quantum Fisher information associated with the phase parameter. Besides, the quantum Cram\'er-Rao inequality is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Nour-Eddine Abouelkhir , Hanane EL Hadfi , Abdallah Slaoui , Rachid Ahl Laamara

Quantum resources, such as entanglement, can decrease the uncertainty of a parameter-estimation procedure beyond what is classically possible. This phenomenon is well described for noiseless systems with asymptotically many measurement…

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The quantum Fisher information matrix (QFIM) is central to multiparameter quantum metrology, dictating the attainable sensitivity via the quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound. In this work, we investigate the ultimate precision limits for…

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We investigate the ultimate precision achievable in Gaussian quantum metrology. We derive general analytical expressions for the quantum Fisher information matrix and for the measurement compatibility condition, ensuring asymptotic…

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Tradeoffs between the information rate and fidelity of quantum error-correcting codes are discussed. Quantum channels to be considered are those subject to independent errors and modeled as tensor products of copies of a general completely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Mitsuru Hamada

We analyze quantum parameter estimation by studying the dynamics of the quantum Fisher information (QFI) for two classes of parameters, acceleration and initial-state weight, in an Unruh-DeWitt detector undergoing four distinct noninertial…

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