Practical advantage of non-Hermitian enhanced quantum sensing
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2603.20612 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 21 Mar 2026] Title:Practical advantage of non-Hermitian enhanced quantum sensing Authors:Kun Yang, Yaoming Chu, Ning Wang, Jianming Cai View a PDF of the paper titled Practical advantage of non-Hermitian enhanced quantum sensing, by Kun Yang and Yaoming Chu and Ning Wang and Jianming Cai View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Non-Hermitian systems have emerged as a powerful paradigm for ultrasensitive sensing, leveraging unique spectral and dynamical properties that find no counterparts in Hermitian physics. While recent theoretical assessments have established that these protocols offer no fundamental advantage in the ideal shot-noise-limited regime once the success probability of non-unitary evolution is rigorously accounted for, their practical utility under realistic experimental constraints remains largely unexplored. In this work, we shift the focus toward practical laboratory performance by demonstrating that non-Hermitian sensors can significantly outperform their Hermitian counterparts in the presence of various types of technical noise. This enhancement stems from the significantly enhanced susceptibility, which amplifies the signal response to effectively overcome the floor of technical imperfections. By evaluating the Fisher information under different technical noise models, we further substantiate the superior performance of non-Hermitian sensing. Our results delineate the specific regimes where non-Hermitian platforms yield clear practical gains, offering a concrete avenue for building high-precision, noise-resilient sensors. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2603.20612 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2603.20612v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.20612 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Yaoming Chu [view email] [v1] Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:14:29 UTC (846 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Practical advantage of non-Hermitian enhanced quantum sensing, by Kun Yang and Yaoming Chu and Ning Wang and Jianming CaiView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-03 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)