Precision limit under weak-coupling with ancillary qubit

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15354v1
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:01:51 GMT
• Title: Precision limit under weak-coupling with ancillary qubit
• Authors: Peng Chen, Jun Jing,
• Abstract summary: We propose a measurement-based quantum metrology protocol in a composite model.<n>A spin ensemble is coupled to an ancillary two-level system (qubit) with a general Heisenberg XXZ interaction.<n>We suggest that the unconditional measurement on qubit could become an efficient resource to replace Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-like states.
• Score: 3.687781331131875
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We propose a measurement-based quantum metrology protocol in a composite model, where the probe system (a spin ensemble) is coupled to an ancillary two-level system (qubit) with a general Heisenberg XXZ interaction. With an optimized and weak probe-ancilla coupling strength and a proper duration of joint evolution, the two parallel evolution paths of the probe system induced by the unconditional measurement on qubit can transform an eigenstate of the collective angular momentum operator of spin ensemble to be a two-component state with a large distance in eigenspace. The quantum Fisher information about the phase encoded in the probe system of polarized states or their superposition, that could be relaxed to mixed states, can therefore manifest an exact or asymptotic quadratic scaling with respect to the probe size (spin number) $N$. The quadratic scaling behavior is found to be insensitive to the imperfect encoding operator and coupling strength. By virtue of the parity detection on the ancillary qubit or the probe system, the phase sensitivity can approach the Heisenberg limit. We suggest that the unconditional measurement on qubit could become an efficient resource to replace Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-like states and squeezing Hamiltonian for exceeding the standard quantum limit in metrology precision.

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