Qubits versus bits for measuring an integral of a classical field

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 May 28;92(21):217902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.217902. Epub 2004 May 25.

Abstract

Methods for measuring an integral of a classical field via local interaction of classical bits or local interaction of qubits passing through the field one at a time are analyzed. A quantum method, which has an exponentially better precision than any classical method we could see, is described.