Enhancing information retrieval in quantum-optical critical systems via quantum measurement backaction

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Autores principales: Zhang, Cheng, Cirio, Mauro, Li, Xin-Qi, Liang, Pengfei
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Publicado: 2025
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author Zhang, Cheng
Cirio, Mauro
Li, Xin-Qi
Liang, Pengfei
author_facet Zhang, Cheng
Cirio, Mauro
Li, Xin-Qi
Liang, Pengfei
contents Continuous monitoring of open quantum-optical systems offers a promising route towards quantum-enhanced estimation precision. In such continuous-measurement-based sensing protocols, the ultimate precision limit is dictated, through the quantum Cramér-Rao bound, by the global quantum Fisher information associated with the joint system-environment state. Reaching this limit with established continuous measurement techniques in quantum optics remains an outstanding challenge. Here we present a sensing protocol tailored for open quantum-optical sensors that exhibit dissipative criticality, enabling them to significantly narrow the gap to the ultimate precision limit. Our protocol leverages a previously unexplored interplay between the quantum criticality and the quantum measurement backaction inherent in continuous general-dyne detection. We identify a performance sweet spot, near which the ultimate precision limit can be efficiently approached. Our protocol establishes a new pathway towards quantum-enhanced precision in open quantum-optical setups and can be extended to other sensor designs featuring similar dissipative criticality.
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spellingShingle Enhancing information retrieval in quantum-optical critical systems via quantum measurement backaction
Zhang, Cheng
Cirio, Mauro
Li, Xin-Qi
Liang, Pengfei
Quantum Physics
Continuous monitoring of open quantum-optical systems offers a promising route towards quantum-enhanced estimation precision. In such continuous-measurement-based sensing protocols, the ultimate precision limit is dictated, through the quantum Cramér-Rao bound, by the global quantum Fisher information associated with the joint system-environment state. Reaching this limit with established continuous measurement techniques in quantum optics remains an outstanding challenge. Here we present a sensing protocol tailored for open quantum-optical sensors that exhibit dissipative criticality, enabling them to significantly narrow the gap to the ultimate precision limit. Our protocol leverages a previously unexplored interplay between the quantum criticality and the quantum measurement backaction inherent in continuous general-dyne detection. We identify a performance sweet spot, near which the ultimate precision limit can be efficiently approached. Our protocol establishes a new pathway towards quantum-enhanced precision in open quantum-optical setups and can be extended to other sensor designs featuring similar dissipative criticality.
title Enhancing information retrieval in quantum-optical critical systems via quantum measurement backaction
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22248