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Modular Many-Body Quantum Sensors

Quantum Physics 2024-09-18 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Quantum many-body systems undergoing phase transitions have been proposed as probes enabling beyond-classical enhancement of sensing precision. However, this enhancement is usually limited to a very narrow region around the critical point. Here, we systematically develop a modular approach for introducing multiple phase transitions in a many-body system. This naturally allows us to enlarge the region of quantum-enhanced precision by encompassing the newly created phase boundaries. Our approach is general and can be applied to both symmetry-breaking and topological quantum sensors. In symmetry-breaking sensors, we show that the newly created critical points inherit the original universality class and a simple total magnetization measurement already suffices to locate them. In topological sensors, our modular construction creates multiple bands which leads to a rich phase diagram. In both cases, Heisenberg scaling for Hamiltonian parameter estimation is achieved at all the phase boundaries. This can be exploited to create a global sensor which significantly outperforms a uniform probe.

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@article{arxiv.2311.18319,
  title  = {Modular Many-Body Quantum Sensors},
  author = {Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay and Abolfazl Bayat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.18319},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

4+6 pages, 6+4 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

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