Evaluating the Holevo Cramér-Rao Bound for Multiparameter Quantum Metrology
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- 15 November 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 123 (20), 200503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.200503
Abstract
Only with the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters are the quantum aspects of metrology fully revealed. This is due to the incompatibility of observables. The fundamental bound for multiparameter quantum estimation is the Holevo Cramér-Rao bound (HCRB) whose evaluation has so far remained elusive. For finite-dimensional systems we recast its evaluation as a semidefinite program, with reduced size for rank-deficient states. We show that it also satisfies strong duality. We use this result to study phase and loss estimation in optical interferometry and three-dimensional magnetometry with noisy multiqubit systems. For the former, we show that, in some regimes, it is possible to attain the HCRB with the optimal (single-copy) measurement for phase estimation. For the latter, we show a nontrivial interplay between the HCRB and incompatibility and provide numerical evidence that projective single-copy measurements attain the HCRB in the noiseless 2-qubit case.Funding Information
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K04057X/2)
- National Quantum Technologies Programme (EP/M01326X/1, EP/M013243/1)
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology (EP/L015315/1)
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