Criterion for qubit-assisted quantum metrology approaching Heisenberg scaling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26167v1
• Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:58:23 GMT
• Title: Criterion for qubit-assisted quantum metrology approaching Heisenberg scaling
• Abstract summary: Restricting the probe-qubit coupling along only one or two directions is found to be a sufficient criterion for the effective dynamical generator.<n>For a bosonic probe, QI about the displacement estimation is found to be proportional to the mean excitation number of probe.<n>For a spin-ensemble probe, QFI about both rotation-phase and magnetic-field estimation exhibit a quadratic dependence on the probe-spin number.
• Score: 3.687781331131875
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We study in this work the metrology precision of a probe system coupled to an ancillary qubit. Restricting the probe-qubit coupling along only one or two directions is found to be a sufficient criterion for the effective dynamical generator to achieve the Heisenberg limit in precision. Under the criterion, the quantum Fisher information (QFI) about the to-be-estimated parameter becomes the expectation value of mean square of the effective generator with respect to the initial state of the composite system. Our criterion is justified in two distinct systems. For a bosonic probe, QFI about the displacement estimation is found to be proportional to the mean excitation number of probe. It renders a counterintuitive result that quantum metrology sensitivity can be enhanced by increasing the temperature of the probe system. For a spin-ensemble probe, QFI about both rotation-phase and magnetic-field estimation exhibit a quadratic dependence on the probe-spin number. It is found that even when the spin-ensemble is prepared as a finite-temperature state, faraway from the so-called resource states, e.g., the squeezed state or the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state, QFI can still manifest a Heisenberg scaling behavior.

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