Optimal strategies for transient and equilibrium quantum thermometry using Gaussian and non-Gaussian probes

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Autori principali: Ullah, Asghar, Naseem, M. Tahir, Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Ullah, Asghar
Naseem, M. Tahir
Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.
author_facet Ullah, Asghar
Naseem, M. Tahir
Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.
contents We study temperature estimation using quantum probes, including single-mode initial states and two-mode states generated via stimulated parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal at finite temperature. We explore both transient and equilibrium regimes and compare the performance of Gaussian and non-Gaussian probe states for temperature estimation. In the non-equilibrium regime, we show that single-mode non-Gaussian probe states - such as Fock, odd cat, and Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill states - can significantly enhance the speed of estimation, particularly at short interaction times. In the two-mode setting, entangled states such as the two-mode squeezed vacuum, NOON state, and entangled cat state can enable access to temperature information at earlier times. In the equilibrium regime, we analyze temperature estimation using two-mode squeezed thermal states, which outperform single-mode strategies. We evaluate practical measurement strategies and find that energy-based observables yield optimal precision, population difference observables provide near-optimal precision, while quadrature-based measurements are suboptimal. The precision gain arises from squeezing, which suppresses fluctuations in the population difference.
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spellingShingle Optimal strategies for transient and equilibrium quantum thermometry using Gaussian and non-Gaussian probes
Ullah, Asghar
Naseem, M. Tahir
Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.
Quantum Physics
We study temperature estimation using quantum probes, including single-mode initial states and two-mode states generated via stimulated parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal at finite temperature. We explore both transient and equilibrium regimes and compare the performance of Gaussian and non-Gaussian probe states for temperature estimation. In the non-equilibrium regime, we show that single-mode non-Gaussian probe states - such as Fock, odd cat, and Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill states - can significantly enhance the speed of estimation, particularly at short interaction times. In the two-mode setting, entangled states such as the two-mode squeezed vacuum, NOON state, and entangled cat state can enable access to temperature information at earlier times. In the equilibrium regime, we analyze temperature estimation using two-mode squeezed thermal states, which outperform single-mode strategies. We evaluate practical measurement strategies and find that energy-based observables yield optimal precision, population difference observables provide near-optimal precision, while quadrature-based measurements are suboptimal. The precision gain arises from squeezing, which suppresses fluctuations in the population difference.
title Optimal strategies for transient and equilibrium quantum thermometry using Gaussian and non-Gaussian probes
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15458