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arXiv:2303.04804 · Quantum Science and Technology

Time optimal quantum state transfer in a fully-connected quantum computer

Casey Jameson, Bora Basyildiz, Daniel Moore, Kyle Clark, Zhexuan Gong

Published Oct 26, 2023• 5 citations
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Abstract

Abstract The speed limit of quantum state transfer (QST) in a system of interacting particles is not only important for quantum information processing, but also directly linked to Lieb–Robinson-type bounds that are crucial for understanding various aspects of quantum many-body physics. For strongly long-range interacting systems such as a fully-connected quantum computer, such a speed limit is still unknown. Here we develop a new quantum brachistochrone method that can incorporate inequality constraints on the Hamiltonian. This method allows us to prove an exactly tight bound on the speed of QST on a subclass of Hamiltonians experimentally realizable by a fully-connected quantum computer.

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10.1088/2058-9565/ad0770

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We review the mathematical speed limits on quantum information processing in many-body systems. After the proof of the Lieb-Robinson Theorem in 1972, the past two decades have seen substantial developments in its application to other questions, such as the simulatability of quantum systems on classical or quantum computers, the generation of entanglement, and even the properties of ground states of gapped systems. Moreover, Lieb-Robinson bounds have been extended in non-trivial ways, to demonstrate speed limits in systems with power-law interactions or interacting bosons, and even to prove notions of locality that arise in cartoon models for quantum gravity with all-to-all interactions. We overview the progress which has occurred, highlight the most promising results and techniques, and discuss some central outstanding questions which remain open. To help bring newcomers to the field up to speed, we provide self-contained proofs of the field's most essential results.
Minimum-time quantum control protocols can be obtained from the quantum brachistochrone formalism [Carlini, Hosoya, Koike, and Okudaira, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 06053, (2006)]. We point out that the original treatment implicitly applied the variational calculus with fixed boundary conditions. We argue that the genuine quantum brachistochrone problem involves a variational problem with a movable endpoint, contrary to the classical brachistochrone problem. This formulation not only simplifies the derivation of the quantum brachistochrone equation but introduces an additional constraint at the endpoint due to the boundary effect. We present the general solution to the full quantum brachistochrone equation and discuss its main features. Using it, we prove that the speed of evolution under constraints is reduced with respect to the unrestricted case. In addition, we find that solving the quantum brachistochrone equation is closely connected to solving the dynamics of the Lagrange multipliers, which is in general governed by nonlinear differential equations. Their numerical integration allows generating time-extremal trajectories. Furthermore, when the restricted operators form a closed subalgebra, the Lagrange multipliers become constant and the optimal Hamiltonian takes a concise form. The new class of analytically solvable models for the quantum brachistochrone problem opens up the possibility of applying it to many-body quantum systems, exploring notions related to geometry such as quantum speed limits, and advancing significantly the quantum state and gate preparation for quantum information processing.
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Speed of state transitions in macroscopic systems is a crucial concept for foundations of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics as well as various applications in quantum technology represented by optimal quantum control.While extensive studies have made efforts to obtain rigorous constraints on dynamical processes since Mandelstam and Tamm, speed limits that provide tight bounds for macroscopic transitions have remained elusive.Here, by employing the local conservation law of probability, the fundamental principle in physics, we develop a general framework for deriving qualitatively tighter speed limits for macroscopic systems than many conventional ones.We show for the first time that the speed of the expectation value of an observable defined on an arbitrary graph, which can describe general many-body systems, is bounded by the "gradient" of the observable, in contrast with conventional speed limits depending on the entire range of the observable.This framework enables us to derive novel quantum speed limits for macroscopic unitary dynamics.Unlike previous bounds, the speed limit decreases when the expectation value of the transition Hamiltonian increases; this intuitively describes a new trade-off relation between time and the quantum phase difference.Our bound is dependent on instantaneous quantum states and thus can achieve the equality condition, which is conceptually distinct from the Lieb-Robinson bound.We also find that, beyond expectation values of macroscopic observables, the speed of macroscopic quantum coherence can be bounded from above by our general approach.The newly obtained bounds are verified in transport phenomena in particle systems and nonequilibrium dynamics in many-body spin systems.We also demonstrate that our strategy can be applied for finding new speed limits for macroscopic transitions in stochastic systems, including quantum ones, where the bounds are expressed by the entropy production rate.Our work elucidates novel speed limits on the basis of local conservation law, providing fundamental limits to various types of nonequilibrium quantum macroscopic phenomena.