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Minimum unit for the fractional statistics of anyons and its application

Xiao-Qiang Xi, Ming‐Liang Hu

Published Aug 30, 2010• 1 citation
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Abstract

Although Han et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 150404 (2007)] proposed a quantum circuit with six qubits to demonstrate the basic braiding statistics of anyons, we have found that a four-qubit system is enough for realizing such a process. We call it the minimum unit for the fractional statistics of anyons. With some special order, the minimum unit can be used to construct two kinds of fractional charge excitation $n/(n+1)$ [or $(n+1)/n$] and $({n}^{2}\ensuremath{-}\mathit{kn}+6n+2)/({n}^{2}\ensuremath{-}\mathit{kn}+5n+4)$ [or $({n}^{2}\ensuremath{-}\mathit{kn}+2n+k+1)/3({n}^{2}\ensuremath{-}\mathit{kn}+5n+4)$], where $n,k$ are positive integers and $k\ensuremath{\leqslant}n$. This minimum unit can be realized by a photonic quantum simulator or by electrons in an optical lattice or quantum dot array. Its use will have some advantages in metrology.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.82.024303

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Anyons are exotic quasiparticles living in two dimensions that do not fit into the usual categories of fermions and bosons, but obey a new form of fractional statistics. Following a recent proposal [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 150404 (2007)], we present an experimental demonstration of the fractional statistics of anyons in the Kitaev spin lattice model using a photonic quantum simulator. We dynamically create the ground state and excited states (which are six-qubit graph states) of the Kitaev model Hamiltonian, and implement the anyonic braiding and fusion operations by single-qubit rotations. A phase shift of pi related to the anyon braiding is observed, confirming the prediction of the fractional statistics of Abelian 1/2 anyons.
We propose a scheme to demonstrate fractional statistics of anyons in an exactly solvable lattice model proposed by Kitaev that involves four-body interactions. The required many-body ground state, as well as the anyon excitations and their braiding operations, can be conveniently realized through dynamic laser manipulation of cold atoms in an optical lattice. Because of the perfect localization of anyons in this model, we show that a quantum circuit with only six qubits is enough for demonstration of the basic braiding statistics of anyons. This opens up the immediate possibility of proof-of-principle experiments with trapped ions, photons, or nuclear magnetic resonance systems.
Anyons have exotic statistical properties, fractional statistics, differing from bosons and fermions. They can be created as excitations of some Hamiltonian models. Here, we present an experimental demonstration of anyonic fractional statistics by simulating a version of the Kitaev spin-lattice model proposed by Han et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 150404 (2007)] using an NMR quantum-information processor. We use a seven-qubit system to prepare a six-qubit pseudopure state to implement the ground-state preparation and realize anyonic manipulations, including creation, braiding and anyon fusion. The anyonic braiding process is equivalent to two successive particle exchanges. We obtain a phase difference of $(0.52\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01)\ensuremath{\pi}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2$ between the states with and without anyon braiding, which is different from the $\ensuremath{\pi}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2$ and $2\ensuremath{\pi}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2$ phase changes for fermions and bosons after two successive particle exchanges, and agrees with the prediction of the anyonic fractional statistics.
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The quantum-mechanical description of assemblies of particles whose motion is confined to two (or one) spatial dimensions offers many possibilities that are distinct from bosons and fermions. We call such particles anyons. The simplest anyons are parameterized by an angular phase parameter θ. θ = 0, π correspond to bosons and fermions, respectively; at intermediate values, we say that we have fractional statistics. In two dimensions, θ describes the phase acquired by the wave function as two anyons wind around one another counterclockwise. It generates a shift in the allowed values for the relative angular momentum. Composites of localized electric charge and magnetic flux associated with an abelian U(1) gauge group realize this behavior. More complex charge-flux constructions can involve nonabelian and product groups acting on a spectrum of allowed charges and fluxes, giving rise to nonabelian and mutual statistics. Interchanges of nonabelian anyons implement unitary transformations of the wave function within an emergent space of internal states. Anyons of all kinds are described by quantum field theories that include Chern–Simons terms. The crossings of one-dimensional anyons on a ring are unidirectional, such that a fractional phase θ acquired upon interchange gives rise to fractional shifts in the relative momenta between the anyons. The quasiparticle excitations of fractional quantum Hall states have long been predicted to include anyons. Recently, the anyon behavior predicted for quasiparticles in the ν = 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state has been observed in both scattering and interferometric experiments. Excitations within designed systems, notably including superconducting circuits, can exhibit anyon behavior. Such systems are being developed for possible use in quantum information processing.
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