Resource-optimal quantum mode parameter estimation with multimode Gaussian states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24778v1
• Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:49:33 GMT
• Title: Resource-optimal quantum mode parameter estimation with multimode Gaussian states
• Abstract summary: Quantum mode parameter estimation determines parameters governing the shape of electromagnetic modes occupied by a quantum state of radiation.<n>A comprehensive framework recently established that broad families of quantum states can attain the Heisenberg limit, surpassing any classical strategy.<n>This raises a fundamental question: among all quantum-enhanced strategies, which is truly optimal?<n>We show these resources are connected to the eigenmode basis of the generator of the relevant mode transformation.
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• Abstract: Quantum mode parameter estimation determines parameters governing the shape of electromagnetic modes occupied by a quantum state of radiation. Canonical examples, time delays and frequency shifts, underpin radar, lidar, and optical clocks. A comprehensive framework recently established that broad families of quantum states can attain the Heisenberg limit, surpassing any classical strategy. This raises a fundamental question: among all quantum-enhanced strategies, which is truly optimal? Answering this requires identifying physically meaningful resources governing each estimation task, so quantum states can be compared on equal footing. We show these resources are connected to the eigenmode basis of the generator of the relevant mode transformation. For time-shift estimation, whose generator is diagonal in the frequency domain, the pertinent resources are the mean frequency and bandwidth; analogous quantities emerge for other transformations. Our framework unifies two historically separate perspectives: the particle-number aspect and the mode-structure of quantum light, providing a coherent picture of quantum-enhanced sensing with multimode radiation. Within this unified framework, we derive a tight upper bound on the quantum Fisher information for multimode Gaussian states, expressed in terms of these natural resources, and analytically identify the optimal Gaussian states saturating it. These optimal states take a particularly transparent form in the generator eigenbasis, a structural simplicity reflecting the deep connection between the geometry of the mode transformation and the architecture of the optimal probe. We further demonstrate that multimode homodyne detection constitutes the optimal measurement, achieving this bound and completing the end-to-end characterization of optimal quantum metrology strategies for mode parameter estimation.

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