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Preprints

C.-Y. Hsieh and M. Gessner, General quantum resources provide advantages in work extraction tasks, arXiv:2403.18753
V. Gebhart, M. Gessner, A. Smerzi, Fundamental bounds for parameter estimation with few measurements, arXiv:2402.14495
F. Centrone and M. Gessner, Breaking local quantum speed limits with steering, arXiv:2401.04599
D. Barral, M. Isoard, G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, N. Treps, M. Walschaers, Metrological detection of purely-non-Gaussian entanglement, arXiv:2301.03909
G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, Gaussian quantum metrology for mode-encoded parameters: general theory and imaging applications, arXiv:2202.10355

2023

T. Linowski, K. Schlichtholz, G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, Ł. Rudnicki, Application range of crosstalk-affected spatial demultiplexing for resolving separations between unbalanced sources, New Journal of Physics 25, 103050 (2023).
J. Guo, F.-X. Sun, D. Zhu, M. Gessner, Q. He, M. Fadel, Detecting Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering in non-Gaussian spin states from conditional spin-squeezing parameters, Physical Review A 108, 012435 (2023).
M. Gessner, N. Treps, and C. Fabre, Estimation of a parameter encoded in the modal structure of a light beam: a quantum theory, Optica 10, 996 (2023).
M. Fadel, B. Yadin, Y. Mao, T. Byrnes and M. Gessner, Multiparameter quantum metrology and mode entanglement with spatially split nonclassical spin ensembles, New Journal of Physics 25, 073006 (2023).
M. Gessner and A. Smerzi, Hierarchies of Frequentist Bounds for Quantum Metrology: From Cramér-Rao to Barankin, Physical Review Letters 130, 260801 (2023).
Y. Baamara, M. Gessner, A. Sinatra, Quantum-enhanced multiparameter estimation and compressed sensing of a field, SciPost Physics 14, 050 (2023).

2022

N. Biagi, S. Francesconi, M. Gessner, M. Bellini, A. Zavatta, Remote Phase Sensing by Coherent Single Photon Addition, Advanced Quantum Technologies, 5, 2200039 (2022).

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I. Karuseichyk, G. Sorelli, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, and M. Gessner, Resolving mutually-coherent point sources of light with arbitrary statistics, Physical Review Research 4, 043010 (2022).
C. E. Lopetegui, M. Gessner, M. Fadel, N. Treps, M. Walschaers, Homodyne detection of non-Gaussian quantum steering, PRX Quantum 3, 030347 (2022).
G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, Quantum limits for resolving Gaussian sources, Physical Review Research 4, L032022 (2022).
Y. Baamara, A. Sinatra, M. Gessner, Squeezing of nonlinear spin observables by one axis twisting in the presence of decoherence: An analytical study, Comptes Rendus. Physique 23, 1 (2022).
M. Fadel and M. Gessner, Entanglement of Local Hidden States, Quantum 6, 651 (2022).
S.-H. Chiew and M. Gessner, Improving sum uncertainty relations with the quantum Fisher information, Physical Review Research 4, 013076 (2022).
R. Y. Teh, M. Gessner, M. D. Reid, M. Fadel, Full multipartite steering inseparability, genuine multipartite steering and monogamy for continuous variable systems, Physical Review A 105, 012202 (2022).

2021

Y. Baamara, A. Sinatra, M. Gessner, Scaling laws for the sensitivity enhancement of non-Gaussian spin states, Physical Review Letters 127, 160501 (2021).
G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, Optimal Observables and Estimators for Practical Superresolution Imaging, Physical Review Letters 127, 123604 (2021).
G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, M. Walschaers, N. Treps, Moment-based superresolution: Formalism and applications, Physical Review A 104, 033515 (2021).
P. Feldmann, C. Klempt, A. Smerzi, L. Santos, M. Gessner, Interferometric Order Parameter for Excited-State Quantum Phase Transitions in Bose-Einstein Condensates, Physical Review Letters 126, 230602 (2021).
B. Yadin, M. Fadel, M. Gessner, Metrological complementarity reveals the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, Nature Communications 12, 2410 (2021).
Z. Ren, W. Li, A. Smerzi, M. Gessner, Metrological Detection of Multipartite Entanglement from Young Diagrams, Physical Review Letters 126, 080502 (2021).
F. Schlawin*, M. Gessner*, A. Buchleitner, T. Schätz, S. S. Skourtis, Continuously parametrized quantum simulation of molecular electron transfer reactions, PRX Quantum 2, 010314 (2021).

2020

M. Gessner, C. Fabre, N. Treps, Superresolution limits from measurement crosstalk, Physical Review Letters 125, 100501 (2020).
M. Gessner, A. Smerzi, L. Pezzè, Multiparameter squeezing for optimal quantum enhancements in sensor networks, Nature Communications 11, 3817 (2020).

See also the coverage on the LKB website.

M. Fadel and M. Gessner, Relating spin squeezing to multipartite entanglement criteria for particles and modes, Physical Review A 102, 012412 (2020).

2019

L. Pezzè, M. Gessner, P. Feldmann, C. Klempt, L. Santos, A. Smerzi, Heralded Generation of Macroscopic Superposition States in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate, Physical Review Letters 123, 260403 (2019).
M. Gessner and H.-P. Breuer, Revealing correlations between a system and an inaccessible environment, In Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 237, edited by B. Vacchini, H.-P. Breuer, A. Bassi (Springer Nature Switzerland, 2019), pp. 59-71.
H. V. Do*, M. Gessner*, F. S. Cataliotti, A. Smerzi, Measuring geometric phases with a dynamical quantum Zeno effect in a Bose-Einstein condensate, Physical Review Research 1, 033028 (2019).
M. Gessner and A. Smerzi, Encrypted quantum correlations: Delayed choice of quantum statistics and other applications, EPJ Quantum Technology 6, 4 (2019).
M. Gessner, Enhancement of the metrological sensitivity limit through knowledge of the average energy, Physical Review A 100, 032114 (2019).
F. Wolf, C. Shi, J. C. Heip, M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, M. Schulte, K. Hammerer, P. O. Schmidt, Motional Fock states for quantum-enhanced amplitude and phase measurements with trapped ions, Nature Communications 10, 2929 (2019).
M. Gessner, A. Smerzi, and L. Pezzè, Metrological Nonlinear Squeezing Parameter, Physical Review Letters 122, 090503 (2019).
G. Sorelli, M. Gessner, A. Smerzi, L. Pezzè, Fast and optimal generation of entanglement in bosonic Josephson junctions, Physical Review A 99, 022329 (2019).

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Z. Qin*, M. Gessner*, Z. Ren*, X. Deng, D. Han, W. Li, X. Su, A. Smerzi, K. Peng, Characterizing the multipartite continuous-variable entanglement structure from squeezing coefficients and the Fisher information, npj Quantum Information 5, 3 (2019).

2018

M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, Sensitivity bounds for multiparameter quantum metrology, Physical Review Letters 121, 130503 (2018).
Y. Li*, L. Pezzè*, M. Gessner*, Z. Ren, W. Li, A. Smerzi, Frequentist and Bayesian Quantum Phase Estimation, Entropy 20, 628 (2018).
A. Streltsov, H. Kampermann, S. Wölk, M. Gessner, D. Bruß, Maximal Coherence and the Resource Theory of Purity, New Journal of Physics 20, 053058 (2018).
P. Feldmann, M. Gessner, M. Gabbrielli, C. Klempt, L. Santos, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, Interferometric sensitivity and entanglement by scanning through quantum phase transitions in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, Physical Review A 97, 032339 (2018).
M. Gessner and A. Smerzi, Statistical speed of quantum states: Generalized quantum Fisher information and Schatten speed, Physical Review A 97, 022109 (2018).
Y. Li*, M. Gessner*, W. Li, A. Smerzi, Hyper- and hybrid nonlocality, Physical Review Letters 120, 050404 (2018).
M. Gessner and A. Buchleitner, On the reduced dynamics of a subset of interacting bosonic particles, Annals of Physics 390, 192 (2018).

2017

M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, Entanglement and squeezing in continuous-variable systems, Quantum 1, 17 (2017).
A. Abdelrahman, O. Khosravani, M. Gessner, H.-P. Breuer, A. Buchleitner, D. J. Gorman, R. Masuda, T. Pruttivarasin, M. Ramm, P. Schindler, H. Häffner, Local probe of single phonon dynamics in warm ion crystals, Nature Communications 8, 15712 (2017).
M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, Resolution-enhanced entanglement detection, Physical Review A 95, 032326 (2017).
M. Gessner, H.-P. Breuer, A. Buchleitner, The local detection method: Dynamical detection of quantum discord with local operations in Lectures on General Quantum Correlations and their Applications, edited by F. F. Fanchini, D. O. Soares Pinto, and G. Adesso, Springer International Publishing (2017), pp. 275–307.

M. Gessner, Dynamics and characterization of composite quantum systems, Springer International Publishing (2017)

Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-44458-1, eBook ISBN 978-3-319-44459-8

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44459-8

Dissertation (PhD thesis), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2015). DOI: 10.6094/UNIFR/10214

2016

M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, Efficient entanglement criteria for discrete, continuous, and hybrid variables, Physical Review A 94, 020101(R) (2016).
E. G. Carnio, A. Buchleitner, M. Gessner, Generating and protecting correlated quantum states under collective dephasing, New Journal of Physics 18, 073010 (2016).
M. Gessner, V. M. Bastidas, T. Brandes, A. Buchleitner, Semiclassical Excited-State Signatures of Quantum Phase Transitions in Spin Chains with Variable-Range Interactions, Physical Review B 93, 155153 (2016).

2015

J.-S. Tang, Y.-T. Wang, G. Chen, Y. Zou, C.-F. Li, G.-C. Guo, Y. Yu, M.-F. Li, G.-W. Zha, H.-Q. Ni, Z.-C. Niu, M. Gessner, H.-P. Breuer, Experimental detection of polarization-frequency quantum correlations in a photonic quantum channel by local operations, Optica 2, 1014 (2015).
M. Gessner, F. Schlawin, A. Buchleitner, Probing polariton dynamics in trapped ions with phase-coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy, Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 212439 (2015).
E. G. Carnio, A. Buchleitner, M. Gessner, Robust asymptotic entanglement under multipartite collective dephasing, Physical Review Letters 115, 010404 (2015).

2014

F. Schlawin, M. Gessner, S. Mukamel, A. Buchleitner, Nonlinear spectroscopy of trapped ions, Physical Review A 90, 023603 (2014).
M. Gessner, M. Ramm, H. Häffner, A. Buchleitner, H.-P. Breuer, Observing a Quantum Phase Transition by Measuring a Single Spin, Europhysics Letters (EPL) 107, 40005 (2014).
M. Gessner, F. Schlawin, H. Häffner, S. Mukamel, A. Buchleitner, Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Controllable Many-Body Quantum Systems, New Journal of Physics 16, 092001 (2014).
M. Gessner, M. Ramm, T. Pruttivarasin, A. Buchleitner, H.-P. Breuer, H. Häffner, Local Detection of Quantum Correlations with a Single Trapped Ion, Nature Physics 10, 105 (2014).

2013

B. P. Lanyon, P. Jurcevic, C. Hempel, M. Gessner, V. Vedral, R. Blatt, C. F. Roos, Experimental Generation of Quantum Discord via Noisy Processes, Physical Review Letters 111, 100504 (2013).
M. Gessner and H.-P. Breuer, Generic features of the dynamics of complex open quantum systems: Statistical approach based on averages over the unitary group, Physical Review E 87, 042128 (2013).
M. Gessner and H.-P. Breuer, Local witness for bipartite quantum discord, Physical Review A 87, 042107 (2013).

2012

M. Gessner, E.-M. Laine, H.-P. Breuer, J. Piilo, Correlations in Quantum States and the Local Creation of Quantum Discord, Physical Review A 85, 052122 (2012).

2011

M. Gessner and H.-P. Breuer, Detecting Nonclassical System-Environment Correlations by Local Operations, Physical Review Letters 107, 180402 (2011).

*) these authors contributed equally to this work