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arXiv:1004.5003 · Physical Review Letters

NMR Quantum Simulation of Localization Effects Induced by Decoherence

Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Dieter Suter

Published Jun 9, 2010• 96 citations
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Abstract

The loss of coherence in quantum mechanical superposition states limits the time for which quantum information remains useful. Similarly, it limits the distance over which quantum information can be transmitted. Here, we investigate in a nuclear spin-based quantum simulator, the localization of the size of spin clusters that are generated by a Hamiltonian driving the transmission of information, while a variable-strength perturbation counteracts the spreading. We find that the system reaches a dynamic equilibrium size, which decreases with the square of the perturbation strength.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.104.230403

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Quantum information processing often uses systems with dipolar interactions. Here a nuclear spin‐based quantum simulator is used to study the spreading of information in such a dipolar‐coupled system. While the information spreads with no apparent limits in the case of ideal dipolar couplings, additional perturbations limit the spreading, leading to localization. In previous work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230403 (2010)], it was found that the system size reaches a dynamic equilibrium that decreases with the square of the perturbation strength. This work examines the impact of a disordered Hamiltonian with dipolar interactions. It shows that the expansion of the cluster of spins freezes in the presence of large disorder, reminiscent of Anderson localization of non‐interacting waves in a disordered potential.
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Developing quantum technologies requires the control and understanding of the nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum information in many-body systems. Local information propagates in the system by creating complex correlations known as information scrambling, as this process prevents extracting the information from local measurements. In this paper, we develop a model adapted from solid-state NMR methods, to quantify the information scrambling. The scrambling is measured via time-reversal Loschmidt echo (LE) and multiple quantum coherences experiments that intrinsically contain imperfections. Considering these imperfections, we derive expressions for out-of-time order correlators (OTOCs) to quantify the observable information scrambling based on measuring the number of active spins where the information was spread. Based on the OTOC expressions, decoherence effects arise naturally by the effects of the nonreverted terms in the LE experiment. Decoherence induces localization of the measurable degree of information scrambling. These effects define a localization cluster size for the observable number of active spins that determines a dynamical equilibrium. We contrast the model's predictions with quantum simulations performed with solid-state NMR experiments, that measure the information scrambling with time-reversal echoes with controlled imperfections. An excellent quantitative agreement is found with the dynamics of quantum information scrambling and its localization effects determined from the experimental data. The presented model and derived OTOCs set tools for quantifying the quantum information dynamics of large quantum systems (more than 104{10}^{4}104 spins) consistent with experimental implementations that intrinsically contain imperfections.