Abstract In this work, we investigate quantum Fisher information (QFI) and quantum coherence (QC) of an atom in a dissipative cavity. In a zero-temperature reservoir and with one excitation number, we obtain the analytical solutions of QFI and QC as well as their relationship for Ohmic and Lorentzian reservoirs, respectively. The results show that both the atom–cavity coupling and the cavity–reservoir coupling can effectively protect QFI and QC. In particular, QFI and QC will tend to their stable values when the atom–cavity coupling or cavity–reservoir coupling is larger than a certain value. QC can augment QFI and can effectively improve the quantum metrology. In addition, we give a physical explanation of the dynamic behavior of QFI and QC using the decoherence rate.
We propose an approach to implement a supersensitive estimation of the key parameters of the Ohmic-family spectral density with coherent spin states as the quantum sensor. This method can dramatically improve the estimation precision of the reservoir coupling strength as well as the cutoff frequency of the spectral density, by using both the number of spins
N and encoding time
t as effective resources. The quantum Fisher information indicates that the estimation sensitivity of the spectral density can surpass the shot-noise limit for all the sub-Ohmic, Ohmic, and super-Ohmic reservoirs. In particular, for super-Ohmic reservoirs, the precision can achieve a scaling $\ensuremath{\propto}1/(Nt)$. We also present the measurement scheme which can saturate the quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound.
This work explores the dynamics of quantum Fisher information (QFI) in open quantum systems coupled to squeezed reservoirs, providing a mathematical framework for analyzing parameter estimation precision under decoherence. We analyze QFI in two-qubit systems undergoing pure dephasing, considering the effects of squeezing parameter, phase difference, and coupling strength within an Ohmic spectral density model. The decoherence factor shows how reservoir engineering influences coherence loss. Numerical results demonstrate that optimal squeezing and local bath configurations enhance QFI preservation, while collective couplings accelerate decay. We also examine the interplay with von Neumann entropy, highlighting their inverse correlation, where increased mixedness reduces metrological sensitivity.