- Accepted Paper
Heisenberg-limited metrology from the quantum-quench dynamics of an anisotropic ferromagnet
Phys. Rev. Research - Accepted 23 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/92jc-nlz8
Phys. Rev. Research - Accepted 23 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/92jc-nlz8
The emerging field of quantum magnonics seeks to understand and harness the quantum properties of magnons—quantized collective spin excitations in magnets. Squeezed magnon states arise naturally as the equilibrium ground states of anisotropic ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, representing an important class of nonclassical magnon states. In this work, we show how a qubit-conditioned quantum quench of an anisotropic ferromagnet can be used for Heisenberg-limited parameter estimation based on measurements of the qubit only. In the presence of ground-state squeezing, the protocol yields information about the eigenmode frequency of the coupled magnon-qubit system, whereas no information is gained in the absence of such squeezing. The protocol therefore leverages genuine quantum correlations in the form of magnonic squeezing while simultaneously relying on the equilibrium character of this squeezing—a feature distinctive to magnetic systems.
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