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The first generation of multi-qubit quantum technologies will consist of noisy, intermediate-scale devices for which active error correction remains out of reach. To exploit such devices, it is thus imperative to use passive error…

We propose a theoretical scheme for quantum enhanced distributed network sensing, targeting multiphase estimation by leveraging multiple quantum resources. Specifically, we investigate the performance advantage in a distributed quantum…

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We investigate the generation of quantum states for precision metrology in noisy two-level systems. These states are obtained by optimizing a variational quantum circuit to maximize the quantum Fisher information (QFI) of the output state…

Many quantum mechanical experiments can be viewed as multi-round interactive protocols between known quantum circuits and an unknown quantum process. Fully quantum "coherent" access to the unknown process is known to provide an advantage in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Zane M. Rossi , Jeffery Yu , Isaac L. Chuang , Sho Sugiura

Entanglement distribution is essential for unlocking the potential of distributed quantum information processing. We consider an $N$-partite network where entanglement is distributed via a central source over lossy channels, and network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Leonardo Oleynik , Junaid ur Rehman , Seid Koudia , Symeon Chatzinotas

The distribution of entanglement between macroscopically separated parties represents a crucial protocol for future quantum information networks. Surprisingly, it has been theoretically shown that two distant systems can be entangled by…

We consider the distribution of high-dimensional entangled states to multiple parties via noisy channels and the subsequent probabilistic conversion of these states to desired target states using stochastic local operations and classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 Simon Morelli , David Sauerwein , Michalis Skotiniotis , Nicolai Friis

We establish a quantum Fisher information (QFI) duality for distributed quantum sensor networks with local phase encoding. For any $N$-qubit probe state, where $N$ denotes the number of sensors, $F_Q(\boldsymbol{w}^\top \boldsymbol{\theta})…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Farhad Farokhi

Entanglement distribution is a key functionality of the Quantum Internet. However, quantum entanglement is very fragile, easily degraded by decoherence, which strictly constraints the time horizon within the distribution has to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Jessica Illiano , Michele Viscardi , Marcello Caleffi

The key requirement for quantum networking is the distribution of entanglement between nodes. Surprisingly, entanglement can be generated across a network without direct transfer - or communication - of entanglement. In contrast to…

Distributed quantum sensing enables the estimation of multiple parameters encoded in spatially separated probes. While traditional quantum sensing is often focused on estimating a single parameter with maximum precision, distributed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-27 Luís Bugalho , Majid Hassani , Yasser Omar , Damian Markham

We investigate optimized quantum state preparation for quantum metrology applications in noisy environments. Using the QFI-Opt package, we simulate a low-depth variational quantum circuit (VQC) composed of a sequence of global rotations and…

Entangled systems in experiments may be lost or offline in distributed quantum information processing. This inspires a general problem to characterize quantum operations which result in breaking of entanglement or not. Our goal in this work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-21 Ming-Xing Luo , Shao-Ming Fei

Noise can be considered the natural enemy of quantum information. An often implied benefit of high-dimensional entanglement is its increased resilience to noise. However, manifesting this potential in an experimentally meaningful fashion is…

Distributed quantum metrology can enhance the sensitivity for sensing spatially distributed parameters beyond the classical limits. Here we demonstrate distributed quantum phase estimation with discrete variables to achieve Heisenberg limit…

We present an efficient quantum entanglement distribution over an arbitrary collective-noise channel. The basic idea in the present scheme is that two parties in quantum communication first transmit the entangled states in the frequency…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Yu-Bo Sheng , Fu-Guo Deng

Quantum entanglement is usually revealed via a well aligned, carefully chosen set of measurements. Yet, under a number of experimental conditions, for example in communication within multiparty quantum networks, noise along the channels or…

Entanglement is a unique resource for quantum-enhanced applications. When employed in sensing, shared entanglement between distributed quantum sensors enables a substantial gain in the measurement sensitivity in estimating global parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Yi Xia , Quntao Zhuang , William Clark , Zheshen Zhang

Nonclassical states are essential for optics-based quantum information processing, but their fragility limits their utility for practical scenarios in which loss and noise inevitably degrade, if not destroy, nonclassicality. Exploiting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-25 Zheshen Zhang , Sara Mouradian , Franco N. C. Wong , Jeffrey H. Shapiro

We address the metrological problem of estimating collective stochastic properties imprinted on a network of quantum sensors. Canonical examples include center-of-mass quadrature fluctuations in a system of bosonic modes and correlated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Anthony J. Brady , Yu-Xin Wang , Victor V. Albert , Alexey V. Gorshkov , Quntao Zhuang