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We present a review on quantum metrology and sensing, from its foundations to current applications. Highlights of the review include consideration of both frequentist and Bayesian approaches to parameter estimation; single as well as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Priya Ghosh , Tanoy Kanti Konar , Debraj Rakshit , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

Quantum metrology promises high-precision measurements of classical parameters with far reaching implications for science and technology. So far, research has concentrated almost exclusively on quantum-enhancements in integrable systems,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-16 Lukas J. Fiderer , Daniel Braun

"Quantum sensing" describes the use of a quantum system, quantum properties or quantum phenomena to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. Historical examples of quantum sensors include magnetometers based on superconducting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-31 C. L. Degen , F. Reinhard , P. Cappellaro

Quantum metrology can achieve far better precision than classical metrology, and is one of the most important applications of quantum technologies in the real world. To attain the highest precision promised by quantum metrology, all steps…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-17 Jing Liu , Mao Zhang , Hongzhen Chen , Lingna Wang , Haidong Yuan

Quantum computing has made remarkable strides in recent years, as demonstrated by quantum supremacy experiments and the realization of high-fidelity, fault-tolerant gates. However, a major obstacle persists: practical real-world…

Quantum metrology fundamentally relies upon the efficient management of quantum uncertainties. We show that, under equilibrium conditions, the management of quantum noise becomes extremely flexible around the quantum critical point of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Irénée Frérot , Tommaso Roscilde

Critical systems near quantum phase transitions were predicted to be useful for improvement of metrological precision, thanks to their ultra-sensitive response to a tiny variation of the control Hamiltonian. Despite the promising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Jia-Hao Lü , Wen Ning , Fan Wu , Ri-Hua Zheng , Ken Chen , Xin Zhu , Zhen-Biao Yang , Huai-Zhi Wu , Shi-Biao Zheng

Quantum phase transitions occur when the ground state of a quantum system undergoes a qualitative change when an external control parameter reaches a critical value. Here, we demonstrate a technique for studying quantum systems undergoing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-03-14 Jingfu Zhang , Xinhua Peng , Nageswaran Rajendran , Dieter Suter

Quantum metrology provides a route to overcome practical limits in sensing devices. It holds particular relevance to biology, where sensitivity and resolution constraints restrict applications both in fundamental biophysics and in medicine.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-05 Michael A. Taylor , Warwick P. Bowen

Quantum metrology and quantum sensing aim to use quantum properties to enhance measurement precision beyond what could be classically achieved. Here, we demonstrate how the analysis of the phase space structure of the classical limit of…

The laws of quantum mechanics allow to perform measurements whose precision supersedes results predicted by classical parameter estimation theory. That is, the precision bound imposed by the central limit theorem in the estimation of a…

Quantum metrology is the science that aims to achieve precision measurements by making use of quantum principles. Attribute to the well-developed techniques of manipulating and detecting cold atoms, cold atomic systems provide an excellent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Jiahao Huang , Shuyuan Wu , Honghua Zhong , Chaohong Lee

Quantum sensing is one of the arenas that exemplifies the superiority of quantum technologies over their classical counterparts. Such superiority, however, can be diminished due to unavoidable noise and decoherence of the probe. Thus,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 V. Montenegro , M. G. Genoni , A. Bayat , M. G. A. Paris

Quantum metrology is a promising application of quantum technologies, enabling the precise measurement of weak external fields at a local scale. In typical quantum sensing protocols, a qubit interacts with an external field, and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-09 Hideaki Kawaguchi , Yuichiro Mori , Takahiko Satoh , Yuichiro Matsuzaki

Sensing of parameters is an important aspect in all disciplines, with applications ranging from fundamental science to medicine. Quantum sensing and metrology is an emerging field that lies at the cross-roads of quantum physics, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Keshav Das Agarwal , Sayan Mondal , Ayan Sahoo , Debraj Rakshit , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

Quantum sensors are now universally acknowledged as one of the most promising near-term quantum technologies. The traditional formulation of quantum sensing introduces a concrete bound on ultimate precision through the so-called local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Victor Montenegro , Abolfazl Bayat

We present a framework for relativistic quantum metrology that is useful for both Earth-based and space-based technologies. Quantum metrology has been so far successfully applied to design precision instruments such as clocks and sensors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-23 Mehdi Ahmadi , David Edward Bruschi , Carlos Sabín , Gerardo Adesso , Ivette Fuentes

Quantum computation offers a promising new kind of information processing, where the non-classical features of quantum mechanics can be harnessed and exploited. A number of models of quantum computation exist, including the now well-studied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-03 H. J. Briegel , D. E. Browne , W. Dür , R. Raussendorf , M. Van den Nest

Present protocols of criticality-enhanced sensing with open quantum sensors assume direct measurement of the sensor and omit the radiation quanta emitted to the environment, thereby potentially missing valuable information. Here we propose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-04 Theodoros Ilias , Dayou Yang , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

Quantum critical systems offer promising advancements in quantum sensing and metrology, yet face limitations like critical slowing down and a restricted criticality-enhanced region. Here, we introduce a critical sensing scheme that mitigate…