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Entanglement is the key feature of many-body quantum systems, and the development of new tools to probe it in the laboratory is an outstanding challenge. Measuring the entropy of different partitions of a quantum system provides a way to…

The Loschmidt echo - the probability of a quantum many-body system to return to its initial state following a dynamical evolution - generally contains key information about a quantum system, relevant across various scientific fields…

Given a finite number $N$ of copies of a qubit state we compute the maximum fidelity that can be attained using joint-measurement protocols for estimating its purity. We prove that in the asymptotic $N\to\infty$ limit, separable-measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Bagan , M. A. Ballester , R. Munoz-Tapia , O. Romero-Isart

We show that the R\'enyi entropies of single particle, extended wave functions for disordered systems contain information about the multifractal spectrum. It is shown for moments of the R\'enyi entropy, $S_{n}$, where $|n|<1$, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-04 Xiao Chen , Benjamin Hsu , Taylor L. Hughes , Eduardo Fradkin

Quantum metrology typically demands the preparation of exotic quantum probe states, such as entangled or squeezed states, to surpass classical limits. However, the need for carefully calibrated system parameters and finely optimized quantum…

The entropy of a quantum system is a measure of its randomness, and has applications in measuring quantum entanglement. We study the problem of measuring the von Neumann entropy, $S(\rho)$, and R\'enyi entropy, $S_\alpha(\rho)$ of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-19 Jayadev Acharya , Ibrahim Issa , Nirmal V. Shende , Aaron B. Wagner

In this paper we will give a short presentation of the quantum Levy-Khinchin formula and of the formulation of quantum continual measurements based on stochastic differential equations, matters which we had the pleasure to work on in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto Barchielli , Giancarlo Lupieri

By utilizing quantum mechanical effects, such as superposition and entanglement, quantum metrology promises higher precision than the classical strategies. It is, however, practically challenging to realize the quantum advantages. This is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-13 Ran Liu , Ze Wu , Xiaodong Yang , Yuchen Li , Hui Zhou , Zhaokai Li , Yuquan Chen , Haidong Yuan , Xinhua Peng

We propose a novel experimental protocol to measure generalized temporal entropies in many-body quantum systems. Our approach involves using local operators as probes to characterize the out-of-equilibrium dynamics induced by a geometric…

We advance ``Latent entropy" (L-entropy) as a novel measure to characterize genuine multipartite entanglement in pure states, applicable to quantum systems with both finite and infinite degrees of freedom. This measure, derived from an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-03 Jaydeep Kumar Basak , Vinay Malvimat , Junggi Yoon

Quantum quench is a typical protocol in the study of nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems. Recently, a number of experiments with superconducting transmon qubits are reported, in which the spin and hard-core boson models…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-05 H. S. Yan , Yong-Yi Wang , S. K. Zhao , Z. H. Yang , Z. T. Wang , Kai Xu , Ye Tian , H. F. Yu , Heng Fan , S. P. Zhao

Recently suggested method of measuring Renyi entropies of multiparticle systems produced in high-energy collisions is presented in the form of a "do-list", explaining explicitely how to perform the measurement and suggesting improvements in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Bialas , W. Czyz , K. Zalewski

We show how entanglement entropies allow for the estimation of quasi-long-range order in one dimensional systems whose low-energy physics is well captured by the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid universality class. First, we check our procedure in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-19 M. Dalmonte , E. Ercolessi , L. Taddia

Quantum systems can be used as probes in the context of metrology for enhanced parameter estimation. In particular, the delicacy of critical systems to perturbations can make them ideal sensors. Arguably the simplest realistic probe system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-04 George Mihailescu , Abolfazl Bayat , Steve Campbell , Andrew K. Mitchell

Understanding the limitations imposed by noise on current and next-generation quantum devices is a crucial step towards demonstrating practical quantum advantage. In this work, we investigate the accumulation of entropy density as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Marine Demarty , James Mills , Kenza Hammam , Raul Garcia-Patron

The spin 1/2 entropy of electrons trapped in a quantum dot has previously been measured with great accuracy, but the protocol used for that measurement is valid only within a restrictive set of conditions. Here, we demonstrate a novel…

Quantum sensors outperform their classical counterparts in their estimation precision, given the same amount of resources. So far, quantum-enhanced sensitivity has been achieved by exploiting the superposition principle. This enhancement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Victor Montenegro , Gareth Siôn Jones , Sougato Bose , Abolfazl Bayat

Entropy measures quantify the amount of information and correlation present in a quantum system. In practice, when the quantum state is unknown and only copies thereof are available, one must resort to the estimation of such entropy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-27 Ziv Goldfeld , Dhrumil Patel , Sreejith Sreekumar , Mark M. Wilde

Cold molecules provide an excellent platform for quantum information, cold chemistry, and precision measurement. Certain molecules have enhanced sensitivity to beyond Standard Model physics, such as the electron's electric dipole moment…

Non-linear properties of quantum states, such as entropy or entanglement, quantify important physical resources and are frequently used in quantum information science. They are usually calculated from a full description of a quantum state,…