Non-Abelian Topological Order and Anyons on a Trapped-Ion Processor
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| author | Iqbal, Mohsin Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan Verresen, Ruben Campbell, Sara L. Dreiling, Joan M. Figgatt, Caroline Gaebler, John P. Johansen, Jacob Mills, Michael Moses, Steven A. Pino, Juan M. Ransford, Anthony Rowe, Mary Siegfried, Peter Stutz, Russell P. Foss-Feig, Michael Vishwanath, Ashvin Dreyer, Henrik |
| author_facet | Iqbal, Mohsin Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan Verresen, Ruben Campbell, Sara L. Dreiling, Joan M. Figgatt, Caroline Gaebler, John P. Johansen, Jacob Mills, Michael Moses, Steven A. Pino, Juan M. Ransford, Anthony Rowe, Mary Siegfried, Peter Stutz, Russell P. Foss-Feig, Michael Vishwanath, Ashvin Dreyer, Henrik |
| contents | Non-Abelian topological order (TO) is a coveted state of matter with remarkable properties, including quasiparticles that can remember the sequence in which they are exchanged. These anyonic excitations are promising building blocks of fault-tolerant quantum computers. However, despite extensive efforts, non-Abelian TO and its excitations have remained elusive, unlike the simpler quasiparticles or defects in Abelian TO. In this work, we present the first unambiguous realization of non-Abelian TO and demonstrate control of its anyons. Using an adaptive circuit on Quantinuum's H2 trapped-ion quantum processor, we create the ground state wavefunction of $D_4$ TO on a kagome lattice of 27 qubits, with fidelity per site exceeding $98.4\%$. By creating and moving anyons along Borromean rings in spacetime, anyon interferometry detects an intrinsically non-Abelian braiding process. Furthermore, tunneling non-Abelions around a torus creates all 22 ground states, as well as an excited state with a single anyon -- a peculiar feature of non-Abelian TO. This work illustrates the counterintuitive nature of non-Abelions and enables their study in quantum devices. |
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| spellingShingle | Non-Abelian Topological Order and Anyons on a Trapped-Ion Processor Iqbal, Mohsin Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan Verresen, Ruben Campbell, Sara L. Dreiling, Joan M. Figgatt, Caroline Gaebler, John P. Johansen, Jacob Mills, Michael Moses, Steven A. Pino, Juan M. Ransford, Anthony Rowe, Mary Siegfried, Peter Stutz, Russell P. Foss-Feig, Michael Vishwanath, Ashvin Dreyer, Henrik Quantum Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Non-Abelian topological order (TO) is a coveted state of matter with remarkable properties, including quasiparticles that can remember the sequence in which they are exchanged. These anyonic excitations are promising building blocks of fault-tolerant quantum computers. However, despite extensive efforts, non-Abelian TO and its excitations have remained elusive, unlike the simpler quasiparticles or defects in Abelian TO. In this work, we present the first unambiguous realization of non-Abelian TO and demonstrate control of its anyons. Using an adaptive circuit on Quantinuum's H2 trapped-ion quantum processor, we create the ground state wavefunction of $D_4$ TO on a kagome lattice of 27 qubits, with fidelity per site exceeding $98.4\%$. By creating and moving anyons along Borromean rings in spacetime, anyon interferometry detects an intrinsically non-Abelian braiding process. Furthermore, tunneling non-Abelions around a torus creates all 22 ground states, as well as an excited state with a single anyon -- a peculiar feature of non-Abelian TO. This work illustrates the counterintuitive nature of non-Abelions and enables their study in quantum devices. |
| title | Non-Abelian Topological Order and Anyons on a Trapped-Ion Processor |
| topic | Quantum Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.03766 |