Noise-Resilient Heisenberg-limited Quantum Sensing via Indefinite-Causal-Order Error Correction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01404v1
• Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:02:38 GMT
• Title: Noise-Resilient Heisenberg-limited Quantum Sensing via Indefinite-Causal-Order Error Correction
• Authors: Hang Xu, Xiaoyang Deng, Ze Zheng, Tailong Xiao, Guihua Zeng,
• Abstract summary: We introduce an ICO-based quantum error correction protocol for noise-resilient quantum information processing.<n>By coherently placing auxiliary controls and noisy evolution in an indefinite causal order, the resulting noncommutative interference enables an auxiliary system to herald and correct errors in real time.<n>Our results reveal ICO as a powerful resource for metrological QEC and provide a broadly applicable framework for noise-resilient quantum information processing.
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• Abstract: Quantum resources can, in principle, enable Heisenberg-limited (HL) sensing, yet no-go theorems imply that HL scaling is generically unattainable in realistic noisy devices. While quantum error correction (QEC) can suppress noise, its use in quantum sensing is constrained by stringent requirements, including prior noise characterization, restrictive signal-noise compatibility conditions, and measurement-based syndrome extraction with global control. Here we introduce an ICO-based QEC protocol, providing the first application of indefinite causal order (ICO) to QEC. By coherently placing auxiliary controls and noisy evolution in an indefinite causal order, the resulting noncommutative interference enables an auxiliary system to herald and correct errors in real time, thereby circumventing the limitations of conventional QEC and restoring HL scaling. We rigorously establish the protocol for single- and multi-noise scenarios and demonstrate its performance in single-qubit, many-body, and continuous-variable platforms. We further identify regimes in which error correction can be implemented entirely by unitary control, without measurements. Our results reveal ICO as a powerful resource for metrological QEC and provide a broadly applicable framework for noise-resilient quantum information processing.

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