Quantum Fisher information in acceleration parallel to a planar wall

Abstract

Abstract In this work, we devote to understand how boundaries can help improve parameter estimation against atomic decoherence and dissipation caused by relativistic motion. The system we considered is a two-level atom in uniform linear acceleration parallel to a planar wall in (3+1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, which is coupled to a massless scalar field with Dirichlet, Neumann or transparent boundary conditions at the wall. We find that the quantum Fisher information (QFI), which determines the ultimate estimation precision, depends on various factors, such as atomic motional trajectories, evolution time, atomic initial state, and the boundary condition. We identify the optimal estimation strategies that maximize the QFI through all the associated parameters, thus optimizing the estimation precision. Our results show that the QFI has different behaviors and even different magnitudes for different boundary cases. We also determine the boundary conditions that can effectively suppress the influence of atomic relativistic motion on the QFI. Our investigation may help advance the study of relativistic quantum information in cavity quantum electrodynamics.