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dc.contributor.authorHall, Michael JW
dc.contributor.authorWiseman, Howard M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:50:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:50:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-28T02:33:21Z
dc.identifier.issn1367-2630
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1367-2630/14/3/033040
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46992
dc.description.abstractA rigorous lower bound is obtained for the average resolution of any estimate of a shift parameter, such as an optical phase shift or a spatial translation. The bound has the asymptotic form kI/<2|G|> where G is the generator of the shift (with an arbitrary discrete or continuous spectrum), and hence establishes a universally applicable bound of the same form as the usual Heisenberg limit. The scaling constant kI depends on prior information about the shift parameter. For example, in phase sensing regimes, where the phase shift is confined to some small interval of length L, the relative resolution has the strict lower bound (2pe3)-1/2/<2m|G1| + 1>, where m is the number of probes, each with generator G1, and entangling joint measurements are permitted. Generalizations using other resource measures and including noise are briefly discussed. The results rely on the derivation of general entropic uncertainty relations for continuous observables, which are of interest in their own right.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom033040-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto033040-22
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNew Journal of Physics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchQuantum information, computation and communication
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode51
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode510803
dc.titleHeisenberg-style bounds for arbitrary estimates of shift parameters including prior information
dc.typeJournal article
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dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorWiseman, Howard M.


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