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Entangled states can potentially be used to outperform the standard
quantum limit which every classical sensor is bounded by. However,
entangled states are very susceptible to decoherence, and so it is not clear whether one can really create a superior sensor to classical technology via a quantum strategy which is subject to the effect of realistic noise. This paper presents an investigation of how a quantum sensor composed of many spins is affected by independent dephasing. We adopt general noise models including non-Markovian effects, and in these noise models the performance of the sensor depends crucially on the exposure time of the sensor to the field. We have found that, by choosing an appropriate exposure time
within non-Markovian time region, an entangled sensor does actually
beat the standard quantum limit. Since independent dephasing is one of
the most typical sources of noise in many systems,
our results suggest a practical and scalable approach to beating the standard quantum limit. |