Combining critical and quantum metrology

C Hotter, H Ritsch, K Gietka - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Critical metrology relies on the precise preparation of a system in its ground state near a
quantum phase transition point where quantum correlations get very strong. Typically, this …

Exponential time-scaling of estimation precision by reaching a quantum critical point

L Garbe, O Abah, S Felicetti, R Puebla - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
Quantum metrology refers to the use of quantum resources in parameter-estimation
protocols, aiming at enhancing its precision. The quantum Fisher information is a key …

Understanding and improving critical metrology. Quenching superradiant light-matter systems beyond the critical point

K Gietka, L Ruks, T Busch - Quantum, 2022 - quantum-journal.org
We carefully examine critical metrology and present an improved critical quantum metrology
protocol which relies on quenching a system exhibiting a superradiant quantum phase …

Squeezed-light-induced quantum phase transition in the Jaynes-Cummings model

LT Shen, CQ Tang, Z Shi, H Wu, ZB Yang, SB Zheng - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Quantum phase transition and quench dynamics in the Jaynes-Cummings model with
squeezed light are investigated. We find a special unitary transformation that removes the …

Squeezing by critical speeding up: Applications in quantum metrology

K Gietka - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We present an alternative protocol allowing for the preparation of critical states that instead
of suffering from the critical slowing down benefits from the critical speeding up …

Squeezing and overcoming the Heisenberg scaling with spin-orbit coupled quantum gases

K Gietka, H Ritsch - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We predict that exploiting spin-orbit coupling in a harmonically trapped spinor quantum gas
can lead to scaling of the optimal measurement precision beyond the Heisenberg scaling …

Unique steady-state squeezing in a driven quantum Rabi model

K Gietka, C Hotter, H Ritsch - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Squeezing is essential to many quantum technologies and our understanding of quantum
physics. Here, we show a novel type of steady-state squeezing that can be generated in the …

Harnessing center-of-mass excitations in quantum metrology

K Gietka - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
In quantum metrology, one typically creates correlations among atoms or photons to
enhance measurement precision. Here, we show how one can use other excitations to …

Duality between the quantum inverted harmonic oscillator and inverse square potentials

S Sundaram, CP Burgess, DHJ O'Dell - New Journal of Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we show how the quantum mechanics of the inverted harmonic oscillator (IHO)
can be mapped to the quantum mechanics of a particle in a super-critical inverse square …

Quantum phase transition and entanglement entropy in the Dicke model with a squeezed light

LT Shen, XT Pei, ZC Shi, ZB Yang - The European Physical Journal D, 2024 - Springer
Superradiant phase transition and entanglement entropy in the Dicke model with a
squeezed light are investigated. We find a special rotation coordinate system mapping the …