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Non-Markovian effect on quantum optical metrology under dissipative environment

Quantum Physics 2020-03-04 v3

Abstract

Quantum metrology utilizes quantum effects to reach higher precision measurements of physical quantities compared with their classical counterparts. However the ubiquitous decoherence obstructs its application. Recently, non-Markovian effects are shown to be effective in performing quantum optical metrology under locally dissipative environments\cite{PhysRevLett.123.040402}. However, the mechanism is still rather hazy. Here, we uncover the reason why forming a bound state can protect the quantumness against a dissipative ambient via the quantum Fisher information of entangled coherent states. An exact analytical expression of the quantum Fisher information in the long-encoding-time condition is derived, which reveals that the dynamics of precision can asymptotically reach the ideal-case-promised one easily when the average photon number is small. Meanwhile, the scaling exhibits a transition from the weak Heisenberg limit to the sub-classical limit with the increase of average photon number. Our work provides a recipe to realize ultrasensitive measurements in the presence of noise by utilizing non-Markovian effects.

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@article{arxiv.2002.03378,
  title  = {Non-Markovian effect on quantum optical metrology under dissipative environment},
  author = {Kai Bai and Hong-Gang Luo and Wenxian Zhang and Meng Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.03378},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures

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