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We consider the problem of a state determination for a two-level quantum system which can be in one of two nonorthogonal mixed states. It is proved that for the two independent identical systems the optimal combined measurement (which…

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To optimize the entanglement detection, we formulate the metrologically operational entanglement condition in quantum Fisher information by maximizing the QFI on the measurement orbit. Specifically, we consider two classes of typical local…

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We present a general approach to measurement-based quantum feedback that employs proportional and quantum state-based (PaQS) feedback components to obtain locally optimal protocols. To demonstrate the power of the method, we first show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-23 Song Zhang , Leigh Martin , K. Birgitta Whaley

Precise estimation of physical parameters underpins both scientific discovery and technological development. A central goal of quantum metrology and sensing is to exploit quantum resources like entanglement to devise optimal strategies for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Zhao-Yi Zhou , Da-Jian Zhang

We study the optimal way to estimate the quantum expectation value of a physical observable when a finite number of copies of a quantum pure state are presented. The optimal estimation is determined by minimizing the squared error averaged…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Hayashi , M. Horibe , T. Hashimoto

Quantum fidelity is a measure to quantify the closeness of two quantum states. In an operational sense, it is defined as the minimal overlap between the probability distributions of measurement outcomes and the minimum is taken over all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Changhun Oh , Changhyoup Lee , Leonardo Banchi , Su-Yong Lee , Carsten Rockstuhl , Hyunseok Jeong

In an open quantum system, we study the evolution of a two-level atom as a detector which interacts with given environments. For a uniformly accelerated two-level atom coupled to a massless scalar field in the Minkowski vacuum, when it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-28 Zixu Zhao , Qiyuan Pan , Jiliang Jing

As the number of qubits in a sensor increases, the complexity of designing and controlling the quantum circuits grows exponentially. Manually optimizing these circuits becomes infeasible. Optimizing entanglement distribution in large-scale…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Laxmisha Ashok Attisara , Sathish Kumar

We consider an instance of black-box quantum metrology in the Gaussian framework, where we aim to estimate the amount of squeezing applied on an input probe, without previous knowledge on the phase of the applied squeezing. By taking the…

We investigate the multiparameter quantum estimation and quantum thermodynamics properties of a gravitational cat state (gravcat) system composed of two interacting massive particles confined in double-well potentials. The system is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Omar Bachain , Mohamed Amazioug , Rachid Ahl Laamara

For the four-state protocol of quantum key distribution, optimum sets of probe parameters are calculated for the most general unitary probe in which each individual transmitted photon is made to interact with the probe so that the signal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Howard E. Brandt

We propose an experimentally accessible scheme to determine lower bounds on the quantum Fisher information (QFI), which ascertains multipartite entanglement or usefulness for quantum metrology. The scheme is based on comparing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-14 Florian Fröwis , Pavel Sekatski , Wolfgang Dür

In this paper we consider the problem of unambiguous discrimination between a set of linearly independent pure quantum states. We show that the design of the optimal measurement that minimizes the probability of an inconclusive result can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Yonina C. Eldar

We show that optimal control of the electron dynamics is able to prepare molecular ground states, within chemical accuracy, with evolution times approaching the bounds imposed by quantum mechanics. We propose a specific parameterization of…

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Measurement noise is a major source of noise in quantum metrology. Here, we explore preprocessing protocols that apply quantum controls to the quantum sensor state prior to the final noisy measurement (but after the unknown parameter has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Sisi Zhou , Spyridon Michalakis , Tuvia Gefen

This study proposes an HCQA for designing optimal Quantum Sensor Circuits (QSCs) to address complex quantum physics problems. The HCQA integrates computational intelligence techniques by leveraging a Deep Q-Network (DQN) for learning and…

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We optimize two-mode, entangled, number states of light in the presence of loss in order to maximize the extraction of the available phase information in an interferometer. Our approach optimizes over the entire available input Hilbert…

Describing the evolution of quantum systems by means of non-Hermitian generators opens a new avenue to explore the dynamical properties naturally emerging in such a picture, e.g. operation at the so-called exceptional points, preservation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-01 Javid Naikoo , Ravindra W. Chhajlany , Jan Kolodynski

Difficult problems described in terms of interacting quantum fields evolving in real time or out of equilibrium are abound in condensed-matter and high-energy physics. Addressing such problems via controlled experiments in atomic,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-23 A. Bermudez , G. Aarts , M. Müller

Quantum state discrimination is a fundamental concept in quantum information theory, which refers to a class of techniques to identify a specific quantum state through a positive operator-valued measure. In this work, we investigate how…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Hyunho Cha , Jungwoo Lee