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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

We consider the general problem of estimating an unknown control parameter of an open quantum system. We establish a direct relation between the evolution of both system and environment and the precision with which the parameter can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-10 Katarzyna Macieszczak , Madalin Guta , Igor Lesanovsky , Juan P. Garrahan

Temperature estimation of interacting quantum many-body systems is both a challenging task and topic of interest in quantum metrology, given that critical behavior at phase transitions can boost the metrological sensitivity. Here we study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Mei Yu , H. Chau Nguyen , Stefan Nimmrichter

We investigate critical quantum metrology,that is the estimation of parameters in many-body systems close to a quantum critical point, through the lens of Bayesian inference theory. We first derive a no-go result stating that any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Raffaele Salvia , Mohammad Mehboudi , Martí Perarnau-Llobet

A usual assumption in quantum estimation is that the unknown parameter labels the possible states of the system, while it influences neither the sample space of outcomes nor the measurement aimed at extracting information on the parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 Luigi Seveso , Matteo A. C. Rossi , Matteo G. A. Paris

Crossing a quantum critical point in finite time challenges the adiabatic condition due to the closing of the energy gap, which ultimately results in the formation of excitations. Such non-adiabatic excitations are typically deemed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Obinna Abah , Gabriele De Chiara , Mauro Paternostro , Ricardo Puebla

A universal approach to decoherence control combined with quantum estimation theory reveals a critical behavior, akin to a phase transition, of the information obtainable by a qubit probe concerning the memory time of environmental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Analia Zwick , Gonzalo A. Alvarez , Gershon Kurizki

Quantum Rabi model (QRM) is a fundamental model for light-matter interactions, the finite-component quantum phase transition (QPT) in the QRM has established a paradigmatic application for critical quantum metrology (CQM). However, such a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Qiu-Yi Chen , Feng Qiao , Zu-Jian Ying

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…

In the adiabatic perturbation theory, Berry curvature is related to the generalized force, and the quantum metric tensor is linked with energy fluctuation. While the former is tested with numerous numerical results and experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Xingyu Zhang , Xiao-Ming Lu , Jing Liu , Wenkui Ding , Xiaoguang Wang

Various schemes have been proposed to overcome the drawback of the decoherence on quantum-enhanced parameter estimation. Here we suggest an alternative method, quantum feedback, to enhance the parameter precision of optimal quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Qiang Zheng , Li Ge , Yao Yao , Qi-jun Zhi

Quantum scrambling describes the spreading of local information into many degrees of freedom in quantum systems. This provides the conceptual connection among diverse phenomena ranging from thermalizing quantum dynamics to models of black…

We show that the quantum Fisher information attained in an adiabatic approach to critical quantum metrology cannot lead to the Heisenberg limit of precision and therefore regular quantum metrology under optimal settings is always superior.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Karol Gietka , Friederike Metz , Tim Keller , Jing Li

We investigate the sensing capacity of non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum systems exhibiting Bloch oscillations. By focusing on the resource efficiency of the probe, quantified by quantum Fisher information, we find different scaling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Hassan Manshouri , Moslem Zarei , Mehdi Abdi , Sougato Bose , Abolfazl Bayat

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

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

This study investigates quantum-enhanced parameter estimation through continuous monitoring in open quantum systems that exhibit a dissipative time crystal phase. We first analytically derive the global quantum Fisher information (QFI) rate…

The goal of quantum metrology is to improve measurements' sensitivities by harnessing quantum resources. Metrologists often aim to maximize the quantum Fisher information, which bounds the measurement setup's sensitivity. In studies of…

As we enter the era of quantum technologies, quantum estimation theory provides an operationally motivating framework for determining high precision devices in modern technological applications. The aim of any estimation process is to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-02 Abdallah Slaoui , Lalla Btissam Drissi , El Hassan Saidi , Rachid Ahl Laamara

A natural extension of the non-Hermitian qubit is to place it in a single-mode cavity. This setup corresponds to the quantum Rabi model (QRM) with a purely imaginary bias on the qubit, exhibiting parity-time ($\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Yi-Cheng Wang , Jiong Li , Li-Wei Duan , Qing-Hu Chen