A multi-dimensional quantum estimation and model learning framework based on variational Bayesian inference

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23130v1
• Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:18:27 GMT
• Title: A multi-dimensional quantum estimation and model learning framework based on variational Bayesian inference
• Authors: Federico Belliardo, Erik M. Gauger, Tim H. Taminiau, Yoann Altmann, Cristian Bonato,
• Abstract summary: We present a joint model selection and parameter estimation algorithm that is fast and operable on a large number of model parameters.<n>The algorithm is based on variational Bayesian inference (VBI), which approximates the target posterior distribution.<n>We show how a regularizing prior can be used to select between competing models, each comprising a different number of parameters.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The advancement and scaling of quantum technology has made the learning and identification of quantum systems and devices in highly-multidimensional parameter spaces a pressing task for a variety of applications. In many cases, the integration of real-time feedback control and adaptive choice of measurement settings places strict demands on the speed of this task. Here we present a joint model selection and parameter estimation algorithm that is fast and operable on a large number of model parameters. The algorithm is based on variational Bayesian inference (VBI), which approximates the target posterior distribution by optimizing a tractable family of distributions, making it more scalable than exact inference methods relying on sampling and that generally suffer from high variance and computational cost in high-dimensional spaces. We show how a regularizing prior can be used to select between competing models, each comprising a different number of parameters, identifying the simplest model that explains the experimental data. The regularization can further separate the degrees of freedom, e.g. quantum systems in the environment or processes, which contribute to major features in the observed dynamics, with respect to others featuring small coupling, which only contribute to a background. As an application of the introduced framework, we consider the problem of the identification of multiple individual nuclear spins with a single electron spin quantum sensor, relevant for nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance. With the number of environmental spins unknown a priori, our Bayesian approach is able to correctly identify the model, i.e. the number of spins and their couplings. We benchmark the algorithm on both simulated and experimental data, using standard figures of merit, and demonstrating that we can estimate dozens of parameters within minutes.

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