arXiv:1911.02592 · Physical Review Letters

Activating Hidden Metrological Usefulness

Géza Tóth, Tamás Vértesi, Paweł Horodecki, Ryszard Horodecki

Published Jul 7, 2020• 35 citations

Abstract

We consider bipartite entangled states that cannot outperform separable states in any linear interferometer. Then, we show that these states can still be more useful metrologically than separable states if several copies of the state are provided or an ancilla is added to the quantum system. We present a general method to find the local Hamiltonian for which a given quantum state performs the best compared to separable states. We obtain analytically the optimal Hamiltonian for some quantum states with a high symmetry. We show that all bipartite entangled pure states outperform separable states in metrology. Some potential applications of the results are also suggested.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.020402

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