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We derive a bound on the ability of a linear optical network to estimate a linear combination of independent phase shifts by using an arbitrary non-classical but unentangled input state, thereby elucidating the quantum resources required to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Wenchao Ge , Kurt Jacobs , Zachary Eldredge , Alexey V. Gorshkov , Michael Foss-Feig

In this thesis, we are interested in the limits of quantum communication with and without entanglement, and with and without noise assumptions on the communication setup. When a sender and a receiver are connected by a communication line…

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We show that quantification of the performance of quantum-enhanced measurement schemes based on the concept of quantum Fisher information yields asymptotically equivalent results as the rigorous Bayesian approach, provided generic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-13 Marcin Jarzyna , Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski

Optimized quantum control can enhance the performance and noise resilience of quantum metrology. However, the optimization quickly becomes intractable when multiple control operations are applied sequentially. In this work, we propose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Qiushi Liu , Yuxiang Yang

Quantum metrology studies the use of entanglement and other quantum resources to improve precision measurement. An interferometer using N independent particles to measure a parameter X can achieve at best the "standard quantum limit" (SQL)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 M. Napolitano , M. Koschorreck , B. Dubost , N. Behbood , R. J. Sewell , M. W. Mitchell

Nonlinear interactions are recognized as potential resources for quantum metrology, facilitating parameter estimation precisions that scale as the exponential Heisenberg limit of $2^{-N}$. We explore such nonlinearity and propose an…

Quantum metrology aims to maximize measurement precision on quantum systems, with a wide range of applications in quantum sensing. Achieving the Heisenberg limit (HL) - the fundamental precision bound set by quantum mechanics - is often…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-08 Zachary Mann , Ningping Cao , Raymond Laflamme , Sisi Zhou

Heisenberg scaling characterizes the ultimate precision of parameter estimation enabled by quantum mechanics, which represents an important quantum advantage of both theoretical and technological interest. Here, we study the attainability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Masahito Hayashi , Zi-Wen Liu , Haidong Yuan

The Heisenberg limit provides a quadratic improvement over the standard quantum limit, and is the maximum quantum advantage that quantum sensors could provide over classical methods. This limit remains elusive, however, because of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Yingkai Ouyang , Gavin K. Brennen

We develop a theory for finding quantum error correction (QEC) procedures which are optimized for given noise channels. Our theory accounts for uncertainties in the noise channel, against which our QEC procedures are robust. We demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-28 Soraya Taghavi , Robert L. Kosut , Daniel A. Lidar

Non-Hermitian quantum metrology, an emerging field at the intersection of quantum estimation and non-Hermitian physics, holds promise for revolutionizing precision measurement. Here, we present a comprehensive investigation of non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Xinglei Yu , Xinzhi Zhao , Liangsheng Li , Xiao-Min Hu , Xiangmei Duan , Haidong Yuan , Chengjie Zhang

In this paper we study quantum communication channels with correlated noise effects, i.e., quantum channels with memory. We derive a model for correlated noise channels that includes a channel memory state. We examine the case where the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Garry Bowen , Stefano Mancini

We establish the ultimate limits that quantum theory imposes on the accuracy attainable in optical ellipsometry. We show that the standard quantum limit, as usual reached when the incident light is in a coherent state, can be surpassed with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 L. Rudnicki , L. L. Sanchez-Soto , G. Leuchs , R. W. Boyd

In this article we study the role that quantum resources play in quantum error correction assisted quantum metrology (QECQM) schemes. We show that there exist classes of such problems where entanglement is not necessary to retrieve noise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-21 K. C. Tan , S. Omkar , H. Jeong

Quantum metrology promises precision beyond classical limits but environmental noise, unless properly controlled, reduces the quantum advantage to at most a constant improvement. A key challenge is therefore to design quantum control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Wojciech Gorecki , Christiane P. Koch

In two articles, the authors claim that the Heisenberg uncertainty principle limits the precision of simultaneous measurements of the position and velocity of a particle and refer to experimental evidence that supports their claim. It is…

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Quantum metrology allows us to attain a measurement precision that surpasses the classically achievable limit by using quantum characters. The metrology precision is raised from the standard quantum limit (SQL) to the Heisenberg limit (HL)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Yuan-Sheng Wang , Chong Chen , Jun-Hong An

The quantum fisher information and quantum correlation parameters are employed to study the application of non-classical light to the problem of parameter estimation. It is shown that the optimal measurement sensitivity of a quantum state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-09 Jaspreet Sahota , Nicolás Quesada

Quantum metrology is studied in the presence of quantum correlation. The quantum correlation measure based on quantum Fisher information enables us to gain a deeper insight on how quantum correlations are instrumental in setting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-30 Manabendra N. Bera

Quantum metrology is supposed to significantly improve the precision of parameter estimation by utilizing suitable quantum resources. However, the predicted precision can be severely distorted by realistic noises. Here, we propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Yue Zhai , Xiaodong Yang , Kai Tang , Xinyue Long , Xinfang Nie , Tao Xin , Dawei Lu , Jun Li