Using Entanglement Against Noise in Quantum Metrology

Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzański and Lorenzo Maccone
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 250801 – Published 19 December 2014
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Abstract

We analyze the role of entanglement among probes and with external ancillas in quantum metrology. In the absence of noise, it is known that unentangled sequential strategies can achieve the same Heisenberg scaling of entangled strategies and that external ancillas are useless. This changes in the presence of noise; here we prove that entangled strategies can have higher precision than unentangled ones and that the addition of passive external ancillas can also increase the precision. We analyze some specific noise models and use the results to conjecture a general hierarchy for quantum metrology strategies in the presence of noise.

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  • Received 21 July 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.250801

© 2014 American Physical Society

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Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzański1 and Lorenzo Maccone2

  • 1Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
  • 2Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN Sezione Pavia, University of Pavia, via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

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Vol. 113, Iss. 25 — 19 December 2014

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