Critical Quantum Sensing: a tutorial on parameter estimation near quantum phase transitions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02035v2
• Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:42:46 GMT
• Title: Critical Quantum Sensing: a tutorial on parameter estimation near quantum phase transitions
• Authors: George Mihailescu, Uesli Alushi, Roberto Di Candia, Simone Felicetti, Karol Gietka,
• Abstract summary: Current progress is constrained by scalability, environmental noise, and challenges in practical integration.<n>This tutorial provides a pedagogical introduction to key concepts and a detailed overview of prominent quantum sensing strategies.<n>Special emphasis is placed on the optimal scaling of estimation precision with respect to fundamental resources.
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• Abstract: Quantum phenomena offer the possibility of measuring physical quantities with precision beyond classical limits. However, current progress is constrained by scalability, environmental noise, and challenges in practical integration. This highlights the necessity for novel approaches. An emerging paradigm in this direction is critical quantum metrology -- which harnesses the enhanced susceptibility and nonclassical correlations naturally occurring near quantum phase transitions as resources for quantum-enhanced precision. This tutorial provides a pedagogical introduction to key concepts and a detailed overview of prominent quantum sensing strategies that exploit critical phenomena in metrology. Through examples of increasing complexity, the reader is guided through various critical quantum sensing protocols applied to different critical systems. Special emphasis is placed on the optimal scaling of estimation precision with respect to fundamental resources. Finally, we discuss how critical quantum metrology extends from idealized models to realistic open-system, dissipative regimes, and strongly correlated fermionic systems, outlining both the challenges and opportunities for future quantum technologies.

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