Robust multiparameter estimation using quantum scrambling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23283v1
• Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:58:01 GMT
• Title: Robust multiparameter estimation using quantum scrambling
• Authors: Wenjie Gong, Bingtian Ye, Daniel Mark, Soonwon Choi,
• Abstract summary: We propose and analyze a versatile and efficient quantum sensing protocol.<n>It simultaneously estimates many non-commuting and time-dependent signals that are coherently or incoherently coupled to sensing particles.<n>Our approach can detect exponentially many parameters in the system size while maintaining the optimal scaling of sensitivity.
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• Abstract: We propose and analyze a versatile and efficient multiparameter quantum sensing protocol, which simultaneously estimates many non-commuting and time-dependent signals that are coherently or incoherently coupled to sensing particles. Even in the presence of control imperfections and readout errors, our approach can detect exponentially many parameters in the system size while maintaining the optimal scaling of sensitivity. To accomplish this, scrambling dynamics are leveraged to map distinct signals to unique patterns of bitstring measurements, which distinguishes a large number of signals without significant sensitivity loss. Based on this principle, we develop a computationally efficient protocol utilizing random global Clifford unitaries and evaluate its performance both analytically and numerically. Our protocol naturally extends to scrambling dynamics generated by random local Clifford circuits, local random unitary circuits (RUCs), and ergodic Hamiltonian evolution--commonly realized in near-term quantum hardware--and opens the door to applications ranging from precise noise benchmarking of quantum dynamics to learning time-dependent Hamiltonians.

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