Phenomenological Constraints on Quantum Coherence Reconstructibility Tests

Alex Chenuaud

Published Apr 1, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

In simple terms, this work defines how potential limits to the reconstructibility of quantum coherence can be translated into measurable experimental constraints. It introduces a minimal phenomenological framework for testing possible structural limits to the reconstructibility of quantum coherence in the context of OFID-G. Rather than proposing a new dynamical model, the approach defines an operational residual quantity after calibration of environmental decoherence, and introduces minimal parametrizations of this residual as a function of experimentally controllable parameters. Two generic behaviors are considered: a continuous residual contribution leading to an irreducible floor, and a threshold-like transition beyond a critical parameter value. This framework allows null experimental results to be translated into quantitative constraints, providing a direct interface between conceptual hypotheses and experimental methodologies in mesoscopic quantum systems. This work complements previous experimental proposals by providing a minimal parameterization layer suitable for interpretation and constraint-setting. In line with standard approaches to parameter estimation in quantum experiments, the framework enables systematic constraint-setting from null results.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19387852

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