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Quantum metrological gain

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In quantum metrology in a multiparticle system, the quantum metrological gain for a quantum state is defined as the sensitivity of phase estimation achieved by that state divided by the maximal sensitivity achieved by separable states, i.e., states without quantum entanglement. In practice, the best separable state is the trivial fully polarized state, in which all spins point into the same direction. If the metrological gain is larger than one then the quantum state is more useful for making precise measurements than separable states. Clearly, in this case the quantum state is also entangled.

Background

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The metrological gain is, in general, the gain in sensitivity of a quantum state compared to a product state.[1] Metrological gains up to 100 are reported in experiments.[2]

Let us consider a unitary dynamics with a parameter from initial state ,

the quantum Fisher information constrains the achievable precision in statistical estimation of the parameter via the quantum Cramér–Rao bound as

where is the number of independent repetitions. For the formula, one can see that the larger the quantum Fisher information, the smaller can be the uncertainty of the parameter estimation.

For a multiparticle system of spin-1/2 particles[3]

holds for separable states, where is the quantum Fisher information,

and is a single particle angular momentum component. Thus, the metrological gain can be characterize by

The maximum for general quantum states is given by

Hence, quantum entanglement is needed to reach the maximum precision in quantum metrology. Moreover, for quantum states with an entanglement depth ,

holds, where is the largest integer smaller than or equal to and is the remainder from dividing by . Hence, a higher and higher levels of multipartite entanglement is needed to achieve a better and better accuracy in parameter estimation.[4][5] It is possible to obtain a weaker but simpler bound [6]

Hence, a lower bound on the entanglement depth is obtained as

The situation for qudits[clarification needed] with a dimension larger than is more complicated.

Mathematical definition for a system of qudits

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In general, the metrological gain for a given Hamiltonian is defined as the ratio of the quantum Fisher information of a state and the maximum of the quantum Fisher information for the same Hamiltonian for separable states[7][8]

where the Hamiltonian is

and acts on the nth spin. The maximum of the quantum Fisher information for separable states is given as[9] [10] [7]

where and denote the maximum and minimum eigenvalues of respectively.

We also define the metrological gain optimized over all local Hamiltonians as

The case of qubits is special. In this case, if the local Hamitlonians are chosen to be

where are real numbers, and then

,

independently from the concrete values of .[11] Thus, in the case of qubits, the optimization of the gain over the local Hamiltonian can be simpler. For qudits with a dimension larger than 2, the optimization is more complicated.

Relation to quantum entanglement

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If the gain larger than one

then the state is entangled, and its is more useful metrologically than separable states. In short, we call such states metrologically useful. If all have identical lowest and highest eigenvalues, then

implies metrologically useful -partite entanglement. If for the gain[8]

holds, then the state has metrologically useful genuine multipartite entanglement.[7] In general, for quantum states holds.

Properties of the metrological gain

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The metrological gain cannot increase if we add an ancilla[clarification needed] to a subsystem or we provide an additional copy of the state. The metrological gain is convex in the quantum state.[7][8]

Numerical determination of the gain

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There are efficient methods to determine the metrological gain via an optimization over local Hamiltonians. They are based on a see-saw method that iterates two steps alternatively. [7]

References

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  1. ^ Pezzè, Luca; Smerzi, Augusto; Oberthaler, Markus K.; Schmied, Roman; Treutlein, Philipp (5 September 2018). "Quantum metrology with nonclassical states of atomic ensembles". Reviews of Modern Physics. 90 (3): 035005. arXiv:1609.01609. Bibcode:2018RvMP...90c5005P. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.90.035005.
  2. ^ Hosten, Onur; Engelsen, Nils J.; Krishnakumar, Rajiv; Kasevich, Mark A. (28 January 2016). "Measurement noise 100 times lower than the quantum-projection limit using entangled atoms". Nature. 529 (7587): 505–508. Bibcode:2016Natur.529..505H. doi:10.1038/nature16176. PMID 26751056.
  3. ^ Pezzé, Luca; Smerzi, Augusto (10 March 2009). "Entanglement, Nonlinear Dynamics, and the Heisenberg Limit". Physical Review Letters. 102 (10): 100401. arXiv:0711.4840. Bibcode:2009PhRvL.102j0401P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.100401. PMID 19392092. S2CID 13095638.
  4. ^ Hyllus, Philipp (2012). "Fisher information and multiparticle entanglement". Physical Review A. 85 (2): 022321. arXiv:1006.4366. Bibcode:2012PhRvA..85b2321H. doi:10.1103/physreva.85.022321. S2CID 118652590.
  5. ^ Tóth, Géza (2012). "Multipartite entanglement and high-precision metrology". Physical Review A. 85 (2): 022322. arXiv:1006.4368. Bibcode:2012PhRvA..85b2322T. doi:10.1103/physreva.85.022322. S2CID 119110009.
  6. ^ Tóth, Géza (2021). Entanglement detection and quantum metrology in quantum optical systems (PDF). Budapest: Doctoral Dissertation submitted to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. p. 68.
  7. ^ a b c d e Tóth, Géza; Vértesi, Tamás; Horodecki, Paweł; Horodecki, Ryszard (7 July 2020). "Activating Hidden Metrological Usefulness". Physical Review Letters. 125 (2): 020402. arXiv:1911.02592. Bibcode:2020PhRvL.125b0402T. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.020402. PMID 32701319.
  8. ^ a b c Trényi, Róbert; Lukács, Árpád; Horodecki, Paweł; Horodecki, Ryszard; Vértesi, Tamás; Tóth, Géza (1 February 2024). "Activation of metrologically useful genuine multipartite entanglement". New Journal of Physics. 26 (2): 023034. arXiv:2203.05538. Bibcode:2024NJPh...26b3034T. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ad1e93.
  9. ^ Ciampini, Mario A.; Spagnolo, Nicolò; Vitelli, Chiara; Pezzè, Luca; Smerzi, Augusto; Sciarrino, Fabio (6 July 2016). "Quantum-enhanced multiparameter estimation in multiarm interferometers". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 28881. arXiv:1507.07814. Bibcode:2016NatSR...628881C. doi:10.1038/srep28881. PMC 4933875. PMID 27381743.
  10. ^ Tóth, Géza; Vértesi, Tamás (12 January 2018). "Quantum States with a Positive Partial Transpose are Useful for Metrology". Physical Review Letters. 120 (2): 020506. arXiv:1709.03995. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.020506. PMID 29376687.
  11. ^ Hyllus, Philipp; Gühne, Otfried; Smerzi, Augusto (30 July 2010). "Not all pure entangled states are useful for sub-shot-noise interferometry". Physical Review A. 82 (1): 012337. arXiv:0912.4349. Bibcode:2010PhRvA..82a2337H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.012337.