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Quantum metrology

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Giovannetti, Vittorio, Lloyd, Seth, Maccone, Lorenzo·2006·Physical Review Letters

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We point out a general framework that encompasses most cases in which quantum effects enable an increase in precision when estimating a parameter (quantum metrology). The typical quantum precision enhancement is of the order of the square root of the number of times the system is sampled. We prove that this is optimal, and we point out the different strategies (classical and quantum) that permit one to attain this bound.

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  • For an unbiased measurement strategy, the variance of the estimate of an unknown parameter is bounded below by the inverse of the number of repetitions times the quantum Fisher information.

    “Under the assumption that our strategy is unbiased, i.e. μ = µ, the uncertainty in our estimate, is related to the variance of μ and is lower bounded by the so-called quantum Cramer-Rao bound”

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  1. [1]For a recent review, see V. Giovannetti, S. Lloyd, and L. Maccone, Science 306 , 1330 (2004).
  2. [2]C. H. Bennett and P. W. Shor, IEEE Trans. Inf. Th. 44 , 2724 (1998).
  3. [9]A. Y. Kitaev, eprint quant-ph/9511026 (1995); R. Cleve, A. Ekert, C. Macchiavello, and M. Mosca, Proc. R. Soc. London A 454 , 339 (1998); D. S. Abrams, S. Lloyd, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 , 5162 (1999). · arXiv

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Authors
Giovannetti, V., Lloyd, S., & Maccone, L.
Affiliations
  • Scuola Normale Superiore (IT)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • University of Pavia (IT)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2006-01-03
Volume
96
Issue
1
Pages
010401-010401
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W3037089521
Cited by
2,440
References
22
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38.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Keywords
quantum metrology, quantum parameter estimation, quantum Fisher information

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