arXiv:2206.12445 · Physical Review Letters

Shortcuts to Thermodynamic Quasistaticity

Artur Soriani, Eduardo Miranda, Sebastian Deffner, Marcus V. S. Bonança

Published Oct 18, 2022• 8 citations

Abstract

The operation of near-term quantum technologies requires the development of feasible, implementable, and robust strategies of controlling complex many body systems. To this end, a variety of techniques, so-called "shortcuts to adiabaticity," have been developed. Many of these shortcuts have already been demonstrated to be powerful and implementable in distinct scenarios. Yet, it is often also desirable to have additional, approximate strategies available that are applicable to a large class of systems. Hence, in this Letter, we take inspiration from thermodynamics and propose to focus on the macrostate, rather than the microstate. Adiabatic dynamics can then be identified as such processes that preserve the equation of state, and systematic corrections are obtained from adiabatic perturbation theory. We demonstrate this approach by improving upon fast quasiadiabatic driving, and by applying the method to the quantum Ising chain in the transverse field.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.170602

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