Multi-spin probes for thermometry in the strong-coupling regime

Abstract

We study the sensitivity of thermometric probes that are composed of $N$ spins coupled to a sample prepared at temperature $T$. Our analysis extends beyond the weak-coupling limit into the strong sample-probe coupling regime. In particular, sample-induced interactions between each of the spins are generated via strong coupling effects and are not fine-tuned amongst each body composing the probe. By employing the reaction-coordinate mapping to evaluate the non-canonical equilibrium state of the probe at finite coupling, we compute the thermometric sensitivity via the quantum Fisher information through the equilibrium state itself. We find that for single-spin probes $(N=1)$, temperature sensitivity decreases in the regime of weak-to-intermediate coupling strength, however, as the coupling increases we observe much higher sensitivity of the probe in the low-temperature regime. Furthermore, as long as $N>1$, there exist optimal values of the sample-probe interaction energy that allow one to attain enhanced thermometric sensitivity when compared to the maximum achieved precision obtained from thermal Gibbs states at weak coupling, particularly in the regime of low temperature. Finally, we show that this enhanced sensitivity may be observed from suboptimal measurements.

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