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arXiv:2404.01778 · Journal of High Energy Physics

Braiding Fibonacci anyons

Ludmil K. Hadjiivanov, Lachezar S. Georgiev

Published Aug 12, 2024• 3 citations
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Abstract

A bstract Fibonacci anyons ε provide the simplest possible model of non-Abelian fusion rules: [1] × [1] = [0] ⊕ [1]. We propose a conformal field theory construction of topological quantum registers based on Fibonacci anyons realized as quasiparticle excitations in the ℤ 3 parafermion fractional quantum Hall state. To this end, the results of Ardonne and Schoutens for the correlation function of four Fibonacci fields are extended to the case of arbitrary number n of quasi-holes and N = 3 r electrons. Special attention is paid to the braiding properties of the obtained correlators. We explain in details the construction of a monodromy representation of the Artin braid group $$ \mathcal{B} $$ B n acting on n -point conformal blocks of Fibonacci anyons. The matrices of braid group generators are displayed explicitly for all n ≤ 8. A simple recursion formula makes it possible to extend without efforts the construction to any n . Finally, we construct $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N qubit computational spaces in terms of conformal blocks of $$ 2\mathcal{N} $$ 2 N + 2 Fibonacci anyons.

DOI
10.1007/jhep08(2024)084

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We investigate a promising conformal field theory realization scheme for topological quantum computation based on the Fibonacci anyons, which are believed to be realized as quasiparticle excitations in the Z3\mathbb{Z}_3Z3​ parafermion fractional quantum Hall state in the second Landau level with filling factor ν=12/5ν=12/5ν=12/5. These anyons are non-Abelian and are known to be capable of universal topological quantum computation. The quantum information is encoded in the fusion channels of pairs of such non-Abelian anyons and is protected from noise and decoherence by the topological properties of these systems.The quantum gates are realized by braiding of these anyons. We propose here an implementation of the nnn-qubit topological quantum register in terms of 2n+22n+22n+2 Fibonacci anyons. The matrices emerging from the anyon exchanges, i.e. the generators of the braid group for one qubit are derived from the coordinate wave functions of a large number of electron holes and 4 Fibonacci anyons which can furthermore be represented as correlation functions in Z3\mathbb{Z}_3Z3​ parafermionic two-dimensional conformal field theory. The representations of the braid groups for more than 4 anyons are obtained by fusing pairs of anyons before braiding, thus reducing eventually the system to 4 anyons.
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