Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation
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, precision spectroscopy, quantum optics, and quantum information. Often, the coherence time of the quantum system surpasses the...
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| author | H. Hainzer D. Kiesenhofer T. Ollikainen M. Bock F. Kranzl M. K. Joshi G. Yoeli R. Blatt T. Gefen C. F. Roos |
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| description | 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, precision spectroscopy, quantum optics, and quantum information. Often, the coherence time of the quantum system surpasses the one of the oscillator probing the system, thereby limiting the interrogation time and associated spectral resolution. Correlation spectroscopy overcomes this limitation by probing two quantum systems with the same noisy oscillator for a measurement of their transition frequency difference; this technique has enabled very precise comparisons of atomic clocks. Here, we extend correlation spectroscopy to the case of multiple quantum systems undergoing strong correlated dephasing. We model Ramsey correlation spectroscopy with N particles as a multiparameter phase estimation problem and demonstrate that multiparticle correlations can assist in reducing the measurement uncertainties even in the absence of entanglement. We derive precision limits and optimal sensing techniques for this problem and compare the performance of probe states and measurement with and without entanglement. Using one- and two-dimensional ion Coulomb crystals with up to 91 qubits, we experimentally demonstrate the advantage of measuring multiparticle correlations for reducing phase uncertainties and apply correlation spectroscopy to measure ion-ion distances, transition frequency shifts, laser-ion detunings, and path-length fluctuations. Our method can be straightforwardly implemented in experimental setups with globally coherent qubit control and qubit-resolved single-shot readout and is, thus, applicable to other physical systems such as neutral atoms in tweezer arrays. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5fa97830bdc4ef4b96a310f1760d1082024-02-29T15:40:25ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082024-02-0114101103310.1103/PhysRevX.14.011033Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase EstimationH. HainzerD. KiesenhoferT. OllikainenM. BockF. KranzlM. K. JoshiG. YoeliR. BlattT. GefenC. F. RoosRamsey interferometry is a widely used tool for precisely measuring transition frequencies between two energy levels of a quantum system, with applications in time keeping, precision spectroscopy, quantum optics, and quantum information. Often, the coherence time of the quantum system surpasses the one of the oscillator probing the system, thereby limiting the interrogation time and associated spectral resolution. Correlation spectroscopy overcomes this limitation by probing two quantum systems with the same noisy oscillator for a measurement of their transition frequency difference; this technique has enabled very precise comparisons of atomic clocks. Here, we extend correlation spectroscopy to the case of multiple quantum systems undergoing strong correlated dephasing. We model Ramsey correlation spectroscopy with N particles as a multiparameter phase estimation problem and demonstrate that multiparticle correlations can assist in reducing the measurement uncertainties even in the absence of entanglement. We derive precision limits and optimal sensing techniques for this problem and compare the performance of probe states and measurement with and without entanglement. Using one- and two-dimensional ion Coulomb crystals with up to 91 qubits, we experimentally demonstrate the advantage of measuring multiparticle correlations for reducing phase uncertainties and apply correlation spectroscopy to measure ion-ion distances, transition frequency shifts, laser-ion detunings, and path-length fluctuations. Our method can be straightforwardly implemented in experimental setups with globally coherent qubit control and qubit-resolved single-shot readout and is, thus, applicable to other physical systems such as neutral atoms in tweezer arrays.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.14.011033 |
| spellingShingle | H. Hainzer D. Kiesenhofer T. Ollikainen M. Bock F. Kranzl M. K. Joshi G. Yoeli R. Blatt T. Gefen C. F. Roos Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation Physical Review X |
| title | Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation |
| title_full | Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation |
| title_fullStr | Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation |
| title_short | Correlation Spectroscopy with Multiqubit-Enhanced Phase Estimation |
| title_sort | correlation spectroscopy with multiqubit enhanced phase estimation |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.14.011033 |
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