Colloquium: Quantum coherence as a resource

A Streltsov, G Adesso, MB Plenio - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
The coherent superposition of states, in combination with the quantization of observables,
represents one of the most fundamental features that mark the departure of quantum …

Quantum metrology with nonclassical states of atomic ensembles

L Pezze, A Smerzi, MK Oberthaler, R Schmied… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
Quantum technologies exploit entanglement to revolutionize computing, measurements, and
communications. This has stimulated the research in different areas of physics to engineer …

[HTML][HTML] Photonic quantum metrology

E Polino, M Valeri, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum metrology is one of the most promising applications of quantum technologies. The
aim of this research field is the estimation of unknown parameters exploiting quantum …

Beyond crystallography: Diffractive imaging using coherent x-ray light sources

J Miao, T Ishikawa, IK Robinson, MM Murnane - Science, 2015 - science.org
X-ray crystallography has been central to the development of many fields of science over the
past century. It has now matured to a point that as long as good-quality crystals are …

Quantum metrology from a quantum information science perspective

G Tóth, I Apellaniz - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We summarize important recent advances in quantum metrology, in connection to
experiments in cold gases, trapped cold atoms and photons. First we review simple …

Geometric perspective on quantum parameter estimation

JS Sidhu, P Kok - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum metrology holds the promise of an early practical application of quantum
technologies, in which measurements of physical quantities can be made with much greater …

Quantum limits in optical interferometry

R Demkowicz-Dobrzański, M Jarzyna, J Kołodyński - Progress in Optics, 2015 - Elsevier
Nonclassical states of light find applications in enhancing the performance of optical
interferometric experiments, with notable example of gravitational-wave detectors. Still, the …

Open quantum systems with local and collective incoherent processes: Efficient numerical simulations using permutational invariance

N Shammah, S Ahmed, N Lambert, S De Liberato… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
The permutational invariance of identical two-level systems allows for an exponential
reduction in the computational resources required to study the Lindblad dynamics of …

Achieving the Heisenberg limit in quantum metrology using quantum error correction

S Zhou, M Zhang, J Preskill, L Jiang - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum metrology has many important applications in science and technology, ranging
from frequency spectroscopy to gravitational wave detection. Quantum mechanics imposes …

Generalized geometric quantum speed limits

DP Pires, M Cianciaruso, LC Céleri, G Adesso… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
The attempt to gain a theoretical understanding of the concept of time in quantum mechanics
has triggered significant progress towards the search for faster and more efficient quantum …