Measurement Strategies and Estimation Precision in Quantum Network Tomography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01657v1
• Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:19:48 GMT
• Title: Measurement Strategies and Estimation Precision in Quantum Network Tomography
• Authors: Athira Kalavampara Raghunadhan, Matheus Guedes De Andrade, Don Towsley, Indrakshi Dey, Daniel Kilper, Nicola Marchetti,
• Abstract summary: This work investigates measurement strategies for link parameter estimation in Quantum Network Tomography (QNT)<n>Three distinct measurement schemes are analyzed: local Z-basis measurements (LZM), joint Bell-state measurements (JBM), and pre-shared entanglement-assisted measurements (PEM)<n> Numerical analysis reveals that the PEM scheme achieves the lowest Quantum Cramer-Rao Bound (QCRB)
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This work investigates measurement strategies for link parameter estimation in Quantum Network Tomography (QNT), where network links are modeled as depolarizing quantum channels distributing Werner states. Three distinct measurement schemes are analyzed: local Z-basis measurements (LZM), joint Bell-state measurements (JBM), and pre-shared entanglement-assisted measurements (PEM). For each scheme, we derive the probability distributions of measurement outcomes and examine how noise in the distributed states influences estimation precision. Closed-form expressions for the Quantum Fisher Information Matrix (QFIM) are obtained, and the estimation precision is evaluated through the Quantum Cramer-Rao Bound (QCRB). Numerical analysis reveals that the PEM scheme achieves the lowest QCRB, offering the highest estimation accuracy, while JBM provides a favorable balance between precision and implementation complexity. The LZM method, although experimentally simpler, exhibits higher estimation error relative to the other schemes; however, it outperforms JBM in high-noise regimes for single-link estimation. We further evaluate the estimation performance on a four-node star network by comparing a JBM-only configuration with a hybrid configuration that combines JBM and LZM. When two monitors are used, the JBM-only strategy outperforms the hybrid approach across all noise regimes. However, with three monitors, it achieves a lower QCRB only in low-noise regimes with heterogeneous links. The results establish a practical basis for selecting measurement strategies in experimental quantum networks, enabling more accurate and scalable link parameter estimation under realistic noise conditions.

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