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We study the quantum Fisher information (QFI) per particle of an open (parti- cles can enter and leave the system) and dissipative (far from thermodynamical equilibrium) steady state system of two qubits in a noise which is decoherence. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Azmi Ali Altintas

Critical properties of a quantum system are recognized as valuable resources for quantum metrology. In this work, we investigate the criticality-enhanced sensing in a quantum Rabi triangle system, which exhibits multiple phases. Around the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Yuyang Tang , Yu Yang , Min An , Fuli Li

Quantum Fisher information matrices (QFIMs) are fundamental to estimation theory: they encode the ultimate limit for the sensitivity with which a set of parameters can be estimated using a given probe. Since the limit invokes the inverse of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Aaron Z. Goldberg , José L. Romero , Ángel S. Sanz , Luis L. Sánchez-Soto

We present the experimental measurement, on a quantum processor, of a series of polynomial lower bounds that converge to the quantum Fisher information (QFI), a fundamental quantity for certifying multipartite entanglement that is useful…

The Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) plays a crucial role in quantum information theory and in many practical applications such as quantum metrology. However, computing the QFI is generally a computationally demanding task. In this work we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-25 M. Cerezo , Akira Sone , Jacob L. Beckey , Patrick J. Coles

Transmitting data reliably over noisy communication channels is one of the most important applications of information theory, and well understood when the channel is accurately modelled by classical physics. However, when quantum effects…

Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) is a ubiquitous quantity with applications ranging from quantum metrology and resource theories to condensed matter physics. In equilibrium local quantum many-body systems, the QFI of a subsystem with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Florent Ferro , Maurizio Fagotti

We investigate quantum parameter estimation based on linear and Kerr-type nonlinear controls in an open quantum system, and consider the dissipation rate as an unknown parameter. We show that while the precision of parameter estimation is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Beili Gong , Wei Cui

Quantum theory is in principle compatible with scenarios where physical processes occur in an indefinite order, potentially yielding advantages in a broad range of information processing tasks. However, advantages in communication, the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Xuanqiang Zhao , Benchi Zhao , Cyril Branciard , Giulio Chiribella

Quantum measurements, alongside quantum states and processes, form a cornerstone of quantum information processing. However, unlike states and processes, their efficient characterisation remains relatively unexplored. We resolve this…

We derive ultimate precision bounds for estimating parameters encoded in \emph{time-dependent} Hamiltonians in the presence of general Markovian noise, allowing for arbitrary adaptive protocols with fast controls and noiseless ancillas.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Luca Previdi , Francesco Albarelli

In theories of communication, it is usually presumed that the involved parties perform actions in a fixed causal order. However, practical and fundamental reasons can induce uncertainties in the causal order. Here we show that a maximal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Ding Jia , Fabio Costa

In a recent series of works [Ebler et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 120502 (2018); arXiv:1809.06655v2; arXiv:1810.10457v2], it has been proposed that the quantum superposition of causal order -- the quantum switch -- may offer an enhancement of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-24 Philippe Allard Guérin , Giulia Rubino , Časlav Brukner

Fisher information is a lower bound on the uncertainty in the statistical estimation of classical and quantum mechanical parameters. While some deterministic dynamical systems are not subject to random fluctuations, they do still have a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-10-06 Mohamed Sahbani , Swetamber Das , Jason R. Green

The estimation of continuous parameters from measured data plays a central role in many fields of physics. A key tool in understanding and improving such estimation processes is the concept of Fisher information, which quantifies how…

We introduce a systematic framework to construct nonlocal observables with extensive quantum Fisher information (QFI) density in stabilizer codes. The construction maps stabilizer generators to dual Ising spins whose correlators equal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Arnau Lira-Solanilla , Sreemayee Aditya , Xhek Turkeshi , Silvia Pappalardi

Estimating the information transmission capability of a quantum channel remains one of the fundamental problems in quantum information processing. In contrast to classical channels, the information-carrying capability of quantum channels is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-26 Aditya Nema , Ananda G. Maity , Sergii Strelchuk , David Elkouss

We consider protocols for estimating the parameter in a single-parameter unital qubit channel, assuming that the available initial states are highly mixed with very low purity. We compare two protocols, each invoking the channel once, via…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 David Collins , Taylor Larrechea

The problem of estimating multiple loss parameters of an optical system using the most general ancilla-assisted parallel strategy is solved under energy constraints. An upper bound on the quantum Fisher information matrix is derived…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 Ranjith Nair

We establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for unbiased estimation in multi-parameter estimation tasks. More specifically, we first consider quantum state estimation, where multiple parameters are encoded in a quantum state, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Hyukgun Kwon , Kento Tsubouchi , Chia-Tung Chu , Liang Jiang