Exploring Large-Scale Entanglement in Quantum Simulation

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Autori principali: Joshi, Manoj K., Kokail, Christian, van Bijnen, Rick, Kranzl, Florian, Zache, Torsten V., Blatt, Rainer, Roos, Christian F., Zoller, Peter
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author Joshi, Manoj K.
Kokail, Christian
van Bijnen, Rick
Kranzl, Florian
Zache, Torsten V.
Blatt, Rainer
Roos, Christian F.
Zoller, Peter
author_facet Joshi, Manoj K.
Kokail, Christian
van Bijnen, Rick
Kranzl, Florian
Zache, Torsten V.
Blatt, Rainer
Roos, Christian F.
Zoller, Peter
contents Entanglement is a distinguishing feature of quantum many-body systems, and uncovering the entanglement structure for large particle numbers in quantum simulation experiments is a fundamental challenge in quantum information science. Here we perform experimental investigations of entanglement based on the entanglement Hamiltonian, as an effective description of the reduced density operator for large subsystems. We prepare ground and excited states of a 1D XXZ Heisenberg chain on a 51-ion programmable quantum simulator and perform sample-efficient `learning' of the entanglement Hamiltonian for subsystems of up to 20 lattice sites. Our experiments provide compelling evidence for a local structure of the entanglement Hamiltonian. This observation marks the first instance of confirming the fundamental predictions of quantum field theory by Bisognano and Wichmann, adapted to lattice models that represent correlated quantum matter. The reduced state takes the form of a Gibbs ensemble, with a spatially-varying temperature profile as a signature of entanglement. Our results also show the transition from area to volume-law scaling of Von Neumann entanglement entropies from ground to excited states. As we venture towards achieving quantum advantage, we anticipate that our findings and methods have wide-ranging applicability to revealing and understanding entanglement in many-body problems with local interactions including higher spatial dimensions.
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spellingShingle Exploring Large-Scale Entanglement in Quantum Simulation
Joshi, Manoj K.
Kokail, Christian
van Bijnen, Rick
Kranzl, Florian
Zache, Torsten V.
Blatt, Rainer
Roos, Christian F.
Zoller, Peter
Quantum Physics
Entanglement is a distinguishing feature of quantum many-body systems, and uncovering the entanglement structure for large particle numbers in quantum simulation experiments is a fundamental challenge in quantum information science. Here we perform experimental investigations of entanglement based on the entanglement Hamiltonian, as an effective description of the reduced density operator for large subsystems. We prepare ground and excited states of a 1D XXZ Heisenberg chain on a 51-ion programmable quantum simulator and perform sample-efficient `learning' of the entanglement Hamiltonian for subsystems of up to 20 lattice sites. Our experiments provide compelling evidence for a local structure of the entanglement Hamiltonian. This observation marks the first instance of confirming the fundamental predictions of quantum field theory by Bisognano and Wichmann, adapted to lattice models that represent correlated quantum matter. The reduced state takes the form of a Gibbs ensemble, with a spatially-varying temperature profile as a signature of entanglement. Our results also show the transition from area to volume-law scaling of Von Neumann entanglement entropies from ground to excited states. As we venture towards achieving quantum advantage, we anticipate that our findings and methods have wide-ranging applicability to revealing and understanding entanglement in many-body problems with local interactions including higher spatial dimensions.
title Exploring Large-Scale Entanglement in Quantum Simulation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00057