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Enhancement of low-temperature thermometry by strong coupling

Correa, Luis A.; Perarnau-Llobet, Mart�; Hovhannisyan, Karen V.; Mehboudi, Mohammad; Hern�ndez-Santana, Senaida; Sanpera, Anna

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Authors

Luis A. Correa

Mart� Perarnau-Llobet

Karen V. Hovhannisyan

Mohammad Mehboudi

Senaida Hern�ndez-Santana

Anna Sanpera



Abstract

We consider the problem of estimating the temperature T of a very cold equilibrium sample. The temperature estimates are drawn from measurements performed on a quantum Brownian probe strongly coupled to it. We model this scenario by resorting to the canonical Caldeira-Leggett Hamiltonian and find analytically the exact stationary state of the probe for arbitrary coupling strength. In general, the probe does not reach thermal equilibrium with the sample, due to their nonperturbative interaction. We argue that this is advantageous for low-temperature thermometry, as we show in our model that (i) the thermometric precision at low T can be significantly enhanced by strengthening the probe-sampling coupling, (ii) the variance of a suitable quadrature of our Brownian thermometer can yield temperature estimates with nearly minimal statistical uncertainty, and (iii) the spectral density of the probe-sample coupling may be engineered to further improve thermometric performance. These observations may find applications in practical nanoscale thermometry at low temperatures—a regime which is particularly relevant to quantum technologies.

Citation

Correa, L. A., Perarnau-Llobet, M., Hovhannisyan, K. V., Mehboudi, M., Hernández-Santana, S., & Sanpera, A. (2017). Enhancement of low-temperature thermometry by strong coupling. Physical Review A, 96(6), Article 062103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.062103

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 16, 2017
Publication Date Dec 4, 2017
Deposit Date Dec 7, 2017
Publicly Available Date Dec 7, 2017
Journal Physical Review A
Print ISSN 2469-9926
Electronic ISSN 2469-9934
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 96
Issue 6
Article Number 062103
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.062103
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/898559
Publisher URL https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.062103
Additional Information ©2017 American Physical Society
Contract Date Dec 7, 2017

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