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Measurement incompatibility is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. In the context of estimating multiple parameters of a quantum system, this manifests as a fundamental trade-off between the precisions with which different parameters can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Simon K. Yung , Aritra Das , Jun Suzuki , Ping Koy Lam , Jie Zhao , Lorcán O. Conlon , Syed M. Assad

Only with the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters are the quantum aspects of metrology fully revealed. This is due to the incompatibility of observables. The fundamental bound for multi-parameter quantum estimation is the Holevo…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Francesco Albarelli , Jamie F. Friel , Animesh Datta

We calculate the quantum Cram\'er--Rao bound for the sensitivity with which one or several parameters, encoded in a general single-mode Gaussian state, can be estimated. This includes in particular the interesting case of mixed Gaussian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Olivier Pinel , Pu Jian , Claude Fabre , Nicolas Treps , Daniel Braun

We calculate the quantum Cram\'er--Rao bound for the sensitivity with which one or several parameters, encoded in a general single-mode Gaussian state, can be estimated. This includes in particular the interesting case of mixed Gaussian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 O. Pinel , P. Jian , N. Treps , C. Fabre , and D. Braun

The power of quantum sensing rests on its ultimate precision limit, quantified by the quantum Cramer-Rao bound (QCRB), which can surpass classical bounds. In multi-parameter estimation, the QCRB is not always saturated as the quantum nature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Changhao Li , Mo Chen , Paola Cappellaro

We introduce quantum parameter estimation with the encoding being via a quantum measurement. We quantify the precision for estimating parameters characterizing a general two-outcome qubit measurement, considering two cases: when the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Shuva Mondal , Priya Ghosh , Ujjwal Sen

We present a quantum algorithm to estimate parameters at the quantum metrology limit using deterministic quantum computation with one bit. When the interactions occurring in a quantum system are described by a Hamiltonian $H= \theta H_0$,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-03 Rolando D. Somma , Sergio Boixo

A longstanding problem in quantum metrology is how to extract as much information as possible in realistic scenarios with not only multiple unknown parameters, but also limited measurement data and some degree of prior information. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-24 Jesús Rubio , Jacob Dunningham

A pivotal task in quantum metrology, and quantum parameter estimation in general, is to de- sign schemes that achieve the highest precision with given resources. Standard models of quantum metrology usually assume the dynamics is fixed, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-18 Jing Liu , Haidong Yuan

In the study of quantum limits to parameter estimation, the high dimensionality of the density operator and that of the unknown parameters have long been two of the most difficult challenges. Here we propose a theory of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Mankei Tsang , Francesco Albarelli , Animesh Datta

Single parameter estimation is known to benefit from extreme sensitivity to parameter changes in quantum critical systems. However, the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters is generally limited due to the incompatibility arising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-25 Giovanni Di Fresco , Bernardo Spagnolo , Davide Valenti , Angelo Carollo

Achieving the ultimate precisions for multiple parameters simultaneously is an outstanding challenge in quantum physics, because the optimal measurements for incompatible parameters cannot be performed jointly due to the Heisenberg…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-12 Binke Xia , Jingzheng Huang , Hongjing Li , Han Wang , Guihua Zeng

The ability to characterise a Hamiltonian with high precision is crucial for the implementation of quantum technologies. In addition to the well-developed approaches utilising optimal probe states and optimal measurements, the method of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Shushen Qin , Marcus Cramer , Christiane P. Koch , Alessio Serafini

Simultaneously estimating multiple parameters at the ultimate limit is a central challenge in quantum metrology, often hindered by inherent incompatibilities in optimal estimation strategies. At its most extreme, this incompatibility…

We explore the task of optimal quantum channel identification, and in particular the estimation of a general one parameter quantum process. We derive new characterizations of optimality and apply the results to several examples including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mohan Sarovar , G. J. Milburn

Finding the optimal attainable precisions in quantum multiparameter metrology is a non trivial problem. One approach to tackling this problem involves the computation of bounds which impose limits on how accurately we can estimate certain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-19 Lorcán Conlon , Jun Suzuki , Ping Koy Lam , Syed M. Assad

This review aims at gathering the most relevant quantum multi-parameter estimation methods that go beyond the direct use of the Quantum Fisher Information concept. We discuss in detail the Holevo Cram\'er-Rao bound, the Quantum Local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski , Wojciech Gorecki , Madalin Guta

The quantum Cram\'er-Rao (QCR) bound sets the ultimate local precision limit for unbiased multiparameter estimation. Yet, unlike in the single-parameter case, its saturability is not generally guaranteed and is often assessed through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Satoya Imai , Jing Yang , Luca Pezzè

Quantum sensors are among the most promising quantum technologies, allowing to attain the ultimate precision limit for parameter estimation. In order to achieve this, it is required to fully control and optimize what constitutes the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Ilaria Gianani , Marco G. Genoni , Marco Barbieri

Multiparameter quantum estimation theory is crucial for many applications involving infinite-dimensional Gaussian quantum systems, since they can describe many physical platforms, e.g., quantum optical and optomechanical systems and atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 Shoukang Chang , Marco G. Genoni , Francesco Albarelli