The quantum Cramér–Rao bound is the quantum analogue of the classical Cramér–Rao bound. It bounds the achievable precision in parameter estimation with a quantum system:
( Δ θ ) 2 ≥ 1 m F Q [ ϱ , H ] , {\displaystyle (\Delta \theta )^{2}\geq {\frac {1}{mF_{\rm {Q}}[\varrho ,H]}},}
where m {\displaystyle m} is the number of independent repetitions, and F Q [ ϱ , H ] {\displaystyle F_{\rm {Q}}[\varrho ,H]} is the quantum Fisher information. Here, ϱ {\displaystyle \varrho } is the state of the system and H {\displaystyle H} is the Hamiltonian of the system. When considering a unitary dynamics of the type
ϱ ( θ ) = exp ( − i H θ ) ϱ 0 exp ( + i H θ ) , {\displaystyle \varrho (\theta )=\exp(-iH\theta )\varrho _{0}\exp(+iH\theta ),}
where ϱ 0 {\displaystyle \varrho _{0}} is the initial state of the system, θ {\displaystyle \theta } is the parameter to be estimated based on measurements on ϱ ( θ ) . {\displaystyle \varrho (\theta ).}
Simple derivation from the Heisenberg uncertainty relation Let us consider the decomposition of the density matrix to pure components as
ϱ = ∑ k p k | Ψ k ⟩ ⟨ Ψ k | . {\displaystyle \varrho =\sum _{k}p_{k}\vert \Psi _{k}\rangle \langle \Psi _{k}\vert .}
The Heisenberg uncertainty relation is valid for all | Ψ k ⟩ {\displaystyle \vert \Psi _{k}\rangle }
( Δ A ) Ψ k 2 ( Δ B ) Ψ k 2 ≥ 1 4 | ⟨ i [ A , B ] ⟩ Ψ k | 2 . {\displaystyle (\Delta A)_{\Psi _{k}}^{2}(\Delta B)_{\Psi _{k}}^{2}\geq {\frac {1}{4}}|\langle i[A,B]\rangle _{\Psi _{k}}|^{2}.}
From these, employing the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality we arrive at
( Δ θ ) A 2 ≥ 1 4 min { p k , Ψ k } [ ∑ k p k ( Δ B ) Ψ k 2 ] . {\displaystyle (\Delta \theta )_{A}^{2}\geq {\frac {1}{4\min _{\{p_{k},\Psi _{k}\}}[\sum _{k}p_{k}(\Delta B)_{\Psi _{k}}^{2}]}}.}
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