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Realisation of experiments even on small and medium-scale quantum computers requires an optimisation of several parameters to achieve high-fidelity operations. As the size of the quantum register increases, the characterisation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 F. Martínez-García , D. Vodola , M. Müller

Quantum phase estimation protocols can provide a measuring method of phase shift with precision superior to standard quantum limit (SQL) due to the application of a nonclassical state of light. A squeezed vacuum state, whose variance in one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-14 Juan Yu , Yue Qin , Jinliang Qin , Hong Wang , Zhihui Yan , Xiaojun Jia , Kunchi Peng

Estimation of physical observables for unknown quantum states is an important problem that underlies a wide range of fields, including quantum information processing, quantum physics, and quantum chemistry. In the context of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Yuma Nakamura , Yoshichika Yano , Nobuyuki Yoshioka

Squeezing a quantum state along a specific direction has long been recognized as a crucial technique for enhancing the precision of quantum metrology by reducing parameter uncertainty. However, practical quantum metrology often involves the…

We propose a quantum-enhanced lidar system to estimate a target's radial velocity which employs squeezed and frequency entangled signal and idler beams. We compare its performance against a classical protocol using a coherent state with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Maximilian Reichert , Roberto Di Candia , Moe Z. Win , Mikel Sanz

Squeezed light enables measurements with sensitivity beyond the quantum noise limit (QNL) for optical techniques such as spectroscopy, gravitational wave detection, magnetometry and imaging. Precision of a measurement -- as quantified by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 G. S. Atkinson , E. J. Allen , G. Ferranti , A. R. McMillan , J. C. F. Matthews

We study a sensor network of distributed Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) for the parallel (simultaneous) estimation of an arbitrary number $d \geq 1$ of phase shifts. The scheme uses a squeezed-vacuum state that is split between $d$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Marco Malitesta , Augusto Smerzi , Luca Pezzè

In the last years several estimation strategies have been formulated to determine the value of an unknown parameter in the most precise way, taking into account the presence of noise. These strategies typically rely on the use of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Andrea Smirne , Andreas Lemmer , Martin B. Plenio , Susana F. Huelga

Squeezed states of light belong to the most prominent nonclassical resources. They have compelling applications in metrology, which has been demonstrated by their routine exploitation for improving the sensitivity of a gravitational-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Henning Vahlbruch , Moritz Mehmet , Karsten Danzmann , Roman Schnabel

Adaptive techniques make practical many quantum measurements that would otherwise be beyond current laboratory capabilities. For example: they allow discrimination of nonorthogonal states with a probability of error equal to the Helstrom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-15 H. M. Wiseman , D. W. Berry , S. D. Bartlett , B. L. Higgins , G. J. Pryde

Adaptive measurements were recently shown to significantly improve the performance of quantum state tomography. Utilizing information about the system for the on-line choice of optimal measurements allows to reach the ultimate bounds of…

Among the known resources of quantum metrology, one of the most practical and efficient is squeezing. Squeezed states of atoms and light improve the sensing of the phase, magnetic field, polarization, mechanical displacement. They promise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Gaetano Frascella , Sascha Agne , Farid Ya. Khalili , Maria V. Chekhova

Quantum scale estimation, as introduced and explored here, establishes the most precise framework for the estimation of scale parameters that is allowed by the laws of quantum mechanics. This addresses an important gap in quantum metrology,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-18 Jesús Rubio

Precise temperature measurements on systems of few ultracold atoms is of paramount importance in quantum technologies, but can be very resource-intensive. Here, we put forward an adaptive Bayesian framework that substantially boosts the…

Optical quantum computing, as well as quantum communication and sensing technology based on quantum correlations are in preparation. These require photodiodes for the detection of about 10^16 photons per second with close to perfect quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Leif Albers , Jan-Malte Michaelsen , Roman Schnabel

Quantum sensing harnesses the unique properties of quantum systems to enable precision measurements of physical quantities such as time, magnetic and electric fields, acceleration, and gravitational gradients well beyond the limits of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Ivana Nikoloska , Ruud Van Sloun , Osvaldo Simeone

Phase estimation is known to be a robust method for single-qubit gate calibration in quantum computers, while Bayesian estimation is widely used in devising optimal methods for learning in quantum systems. We present Bayesian phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-06 Brennan de Neeve , Andrey V. Lebedev , Vlad Negnevitsky , Jonathan P. Home

Fast and precise characterization of Gaussian states is crucial for their effective use in quantum technologies. In this work, we apply a multi-parameter moment-based estimation method that enables rapid and accurate determination of…

Squeezed light has revolutionized quantum metrology by enhancing interferometry for sensitive applications such as the detection of gravitational waves. Squeezed light has also played a pivotal role in quantum information science with…

The major goal of quantum metrology (QM) is to exploit the quantum resources to raise the measurement precision (MP) as high as possible. When the quantum resources such as squeezing has been widely explored, light-mater interaction systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Zu-Jian Ying