Nonequilibrium readiness and precision of Gaussian quantum thermometers

Autor: Luca Mancino, Marco G. Genoni, Marco Barbieri, Mauro Paternostro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 2, Iss 3, p 033498 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033498
Popis: The dimensionality of a thermometer is key in the design of quantum thermometry schemes. In general, the phenomenology that is typical of qubit-based quantum thermometry does not apply to infinite-dimensional ones. We analyze the dynamical and metrological features of nonequilibrium Gaussian quantum thermometers: On one hand, we highlight how quantum entanglement can enhance the readiness of composite Gaussian thermometers; on the other hand, we show that nonequilibrium conditions do not guarantee the best sensitivities in temperature estimation, thus suggesting the reassessment of some of the working principles underpinning quantum thermometry.
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