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most citedSub-millihertz magnetic spectroscopy with a nanoscale quantum sensor

375 citations · 762 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

quant-ph2026

Detection methods for optimal target reflectivity estimation with two-mode squeezed vacuum probes

Harel Radia, Tuvia Gefen, Nadav Katz

Target reflectivity estimation using a two-mode squeezed vacuum (TMSV) probe offers a theoretical advantage over classical schemes, but realizing this potential under the measureme…

quant-ph2026

Gaussian Quantum Metrology with Realistic Linear Sensors

Jacques Ding, James W. Gardner, Tuvia Gefen +1

Quantum sensing promises enhanced precision, but the usual quantum Cramer Rao bound can be too optimistic for realistic linear sensors, where squeezing, filtering, and loss reshape…

quant-ph2026

Stochastic signal sensing with finite energy and dead time at the fundamental quantum limit

James W. Gardner, Tuvia Gefen, Matteo Fadel

State preparation, measurement, and reset operations take finite time and use finite energy in realistic experiments, yet the impact of this on optimal quantum metrological protoco…

quant-ph2026

Optimal quantum metrology protocols with erasure qubits

Michal Arieli, Alex Retzker, Tuvia Gefen

We investigate the precision limits and optimal protocols for sensing single qubit signals in the presence of erasure noise. We study a hierarchy of precision limits achievable wit…

quant-ph2026

Quantum superresolution and noise spectroscopy with quantum computing

James W. Gardner, Federico Belliardo, Gideon Lee +2

Quantum metrology of an incoherent signal is a canonical sensing problem related to superresolution and noise spectroscopy. We show that quantum computing can accelerate searches f…

quant-ph2025

Extending the dynamic range in quantum frequency estimation with sequential weak measurements

Su Direkci, Manuel Endres, Tuvia Gefen

Quantum metrology explores optimal quantum protocols for parameter estimation. In the context of optical atomic clocks, conventional protocols focus on optimal input states and mea…

quant-ph2025

Bayesian frequency estimation at the fundamental quantum limit

James W. Gardner, Tuvia Gefen, Ethan Payne +6

Searching for a weak signal at an unknown frequency is a canonical task in experiments probing fundamental physics such as gravitational-wave observatories and ultra-light dark mat…

quant-ph2025

Heisenberg-limited Hamiltonian learning continuous variable systems via engineered dissipation

Tim Möbus, Andreas Bluhm, Tuvia Gefen +3

Discrete and continuous variables oftentimes require different treatments in many learning tasks. Identifying the Hamiltonian governing the evolution of a quantum system is a funda…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Lindblad estimation with fast and precise quantum control

James W. Gardner, Simon A. Haine, Joseph J. Hope +2

Enhancing precision sensors for stochastic signals using quantum techniques is a promising emerging field of physics. Estimating a weak stochastic waveform is the core task of many…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Heisenberg-limited Bayesian phase estimation with low-depth digital quantum circuits

Su Direkci, Ran Finkelstein, Manuel Endres +1

Optimal phase estimation protocols require complex state preparation and readout schemes, generally unavailable or unscalable in many quantum platforms. We develop and analyze a sc…

quant-ph2024★ 10 cited

Stochastic waveform estimation at the fundamental quantum limit

James W. Gardner, Tuvia Gefen, Simon A. Haine +4

Although measuring the deterministic waveform of a weak classical force is a well-studied problem, estimating a random waveform, such as the spectral density of a stochastic signal…

quant-ph2024★ 71 cited

Universal quantum operations and ancilla-based readout for tweezer clocks

Ran Finkelstein, Richard Bing-Shiun Tsai, Xiangkai Sun +6

Enhancing the precision of measurements by harnessing entanglement is a long-sought goal in the field of quantum metrology. Yet attaining the best sensitivity allowed by quantum th…

gr-qc2023★ 12 cited

Achieving the fundamental quantum limit of linear waveform estimation

James W. Gardner, Tuvia Gefen, Simon A. Haine +2

Sensing a classical signal using a linear quantum device is a pervasive application of quantum-enhanced measurement. The fundamental precision limits of linear waveform estimation,…

quant-ph2023★ 3 cited

Heisenberg-limited Hamiltonian learning for interacting bosons

Haoya Li, Yu Tong, Hongkang Ni +2

We develop a protocol for learning a class of interacting bosonic Hamiltonians from dynamics with Heisenberg-limited scaling. For Hamiltonians with an underlying bounded-degree gra…

quant-ph2022★ 19 cited

Optimal protocols for quantum metrology with noisy measurements

Sisi Zhou, Spyridon Michalakis, Tuvia Gefen

Measurement noise is a major source of noise in quantum metrology. Here, we explore preprocessing protocols that apply quantum controls to the quantum sensor state prior to the fin…

quant-ph2022★ 10 cited

Quantum precision limits of displacement noise free interferometers

Tuvia Gefen, Rajashik Tarafder, Rana X. Adhikari +1

Current laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors suffer from a fundamental limit to their precision due to the displacement noise of optical elements contributed by vario…

quant-ph2022

Correlation spectroscopy with multi-qubit-enhanced phase estimation

H. Hainzer, D. Kiesenhofer, T. Ollikainen +7

Ramsey interferometry is a widely used tool for precisely measuring transition frequencies between two energy levels of a quantum system, with applications in time-keeping, precisi…

quant-ph2021★ 56 cited

Quantum metrology with imperfect measurements

Yink Loong Len, Tuvia Gefen, Alex Retzker +1

The impact of measurement imperfections on quantum metrology protocols has not been approached in a systematic manner so far. In this work, we tackle this issue by generalising fir…

quant-ph2020★ 5 cited

On the robustness of the NV-NMR spectrometer setup to magnetic field inhomogeneities

Yotam Vaknin, Benedikt Tratzmiller, Tuvia Gefen +3

The NV-NMR spectrometer is a promising candidate for detection of NMR signals at the nano scale. Field inhomogeneities, however, are a major source of noise that limits spectral re…

quant-ph2019★ 11 cited

Achieving the ultimate precision limit in quantum NMR spectroscopy

Daniel Cohen, Tuvia Gefen, Laura Ortiz +1

The ultimate precision limit in estimating the Larmor frequency of unentangled rotating spins is well established, and is highly important for magnetometers, gyroscopes and man…

quant-ph2018★ 59 cited

Overcoming resolution limits with quantum sensing

Tuvia Gefen, Amit Rotem, Alex Retzker

The field of quantum sensing explores the use of quantum phenomena to measure a broad range of physical quantities, of both static and time-dependent types. An important figure of…

quant-ph2017★ 14 cited

Limits on Spectral Resolution Measurements by Quantum Probes

Amit Rotem, Tuvia Gefen, Santiago Oviedo-Casado +6

The limits of frequency resolution in nano-NMR experiments have been discussed extensively in recent years. It is believed that there is a crucial difference between the ability to…

quant-ph2017★ 375 cited

Sub-millihertz magnetic spectroscopy with a nanoscale quantum sensor

Simon Schmitt, Tuvia Gefen, Felix M. Stürner +13

Precise timekeeping is critical to metrology, forming the basis by which standards of time, length and fundamental constants are determined. Stable clocks are particularly valuable…

quant-ph2017★ 31 cited

Control methods for improved Fisher information with quantum sensing

Tuvia Gefen, Fedor Jelezko, Alex Retzker

Recently new approaches for sensing the frequency of time dependent Hamiltonians have been presented, and it was shown that the optimal Fisher information scales as We pre…