Achieving the Multiparameter Quantum Cramér-Rao Bound with Antiunitary Symmetry.

Ben Wang1, Kaimin Zheng1, Qian Xie1

  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Physical Science Research Center, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, <a href="https://ror.org/01rxvg760">Nanjing University</a>, Nanjing 210093, China.

Physical Review Letters
|December 6, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Researchers optimized quantum metrology using antiunitary symmetry for precise multiparameter estimation. This novel approach achieves ultimate precision limits without trade-offs, significantly outperforming conventional methods.

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