A levitated nano-accelerometer sensitized by quantum quench

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21119v1
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:22:01 GMT
• Title: A levitated nano-accelerometer sensitized by quantum quench
• Authors: M. Kamba, S. Otabe, K. Funo, T. Sagawa, K. Aikawa,
• Abstract summary: We realize a nanoscale accelerometer exploiting the nonequilibrium dynamics of a nanoparticles near the quantum ground state.<n>We find that rapid quenching provides an instance at which the sensitivity is enhanced due to the minimized uncertainty in the position.
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• Abstract: We realize a nanoscale accelerometer exploiting the nonequilibrium dynamics of a nanoparticle near the quantum ground state. We explore the dynamics after quenching the trapping potential and find that rapid quenching provides an instance at which the sensitivity is enhanced due to the minimized uncertainty in the position. With rapid quenching, the observed sensitivity is in good agreement with a numerical simulation based on the quantum Langevin equation and approaches to the limit given by the quantum Fisher information. Our results open up a pathway to quantum inertial sensing sensitized by exploiting quench dynamics.

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