title: Optimal adaptive control for quantum metrology with time-dependent Hamiltonians.
abstract: Quantum metrology has been studied for a wide range of systems with time-independent Hamiltonians. For systems with time-dependent Hamiltonians, however, due to the complexity of dynamics, little has been known about quantum metrology. Here we investigate quantum metrology with time-dependent Hamiltonians to bridge this gap. We obtain the optimal quantum Fisher information for parameters in time-dependent Hamiltonians, and show proper Hamiltonian control is generally necessary to optimize the Fisher information. We derive the optimal Hamiltonian control, which is generally adaptive, and the measurement scheme to attain the optimal Fisher information. In a minimal example of a qubit in a rotating magnetic field, we find a surprising result that the fundamental limit of T2time scaling of quantum Fisher information can be broken with time-dependent Hamiltonians, which reaches T4in estimating the rotation frequency of the field. We conclude by considering level crossings in the derivatives of the Hamiltonians, and point out additional control is necessary for that case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.|Center for Coherence and Quantum Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
authors.forename: Shengshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.|Center for Coherence and Quantum Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.|Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, California 92866, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Jordan