arXiv · 2510.08419
Continuous Variable Hamiltonian Learning at Heisenberg Limit via Displacement-Random Unitary Transformation
Abstract
Characterizing continuous-variable (CV) Hamiltonians can be formulated as Hamiltonian learning under quantum measurement constraints: finite operator coefficients are inferred from noisy measurement outcomes obtained by probing an infinite-dimensional system. Existing Heisenberg-limited CV protocols are often limited to low-order structures, vulnerable to noise, or unresolved for generic multi-mode settings. We introduce Displacement-Random Unitary Transformation (D-RUT), an active data acquisition protocol with pre-specified probes and number-preserving transformations that reduce finite-order bosonic Hamiltonian learning to polynomial recovery. We prove Heisenberg-limited total evolution time with robustness to state preparation and measurement (SPAM) errors, and develop hierarchical multi-mode coefficient recovery with better statistical efficiency than simultaneous estimation. We also extend D-RUT to first-quantized Hamiltonian coefficient learning, and numerical experiments on single- and multi-mode nonlinear systems validate the predicted Heisenberg scaling.
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Xi Huang, Lixing Zhang, Di Luo. 2025-10-09. Continuous Variable Hamiltonian Learning at Heisenberg Limit via Displacement-Random Unitary Transformation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08419
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