Real-time adaptive estimation of decoherence timescales for a single qubit

Abstract

Characterising the time over which quantum coherence survives is critical for any implementation of quantum bits, memories and sensors. The usual method for determining a quantum system's decoherence rate involves a suite of experiments probing the entire expected range of this parameter, and extracting the resulting estimation in post-processing. Here we present an adaptive multi-parameter Bayesian approach, based on a simple analytical update rule, to estimate the key decoherence timescales ($T_1$, $T_2^{\ast }$ and $T_2$) and the corresponding decay exponent of a quantum system in real time, using information gained in preceding experiments. This approach reduces the time required to reach a given uncertainty by a factor up to an order of magnitude, depending on the specific experiment, compared to the standard protocol of curve fitting. A further speed-up of a factor $\sim 2$ can be realised by performing our optimisation with respect to sensitivity as opposed to variance.

made a change of word in the title ("Online" to "Real-time") and rearranged figures and text to improve the readability of the manuscript

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