Witnessing Quantum Entanglement Using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

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Hauptverfasser: Ren, Tianhao, Shen, Yao, Lajer, Marton, TenHuisen, Sophia F. R., Sears, Jennifer, He, Wei, Upton, Mary H., Casa, Diego, Becker, Petra, Mitrano, Matteo, Dean, Mark P. M., Konik, Robert M.
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author Ren, Tianhao
Shen, Yao
Lajer, Marton
TenHuisen, Sophia F. R.
Sears, Jennifer
He, Wei
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego
Becker, Petra
Mitrano, Matteo
Dean, Mark P. M.
Konik, Robert M.
author_facet Ren, Tianhao
Shen, Yao
Lajer, Marton
TenHuisen, Sophia F. R.
Sears, Jennifer
He, Wei
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego
Becker, Petra
Mitrano, Matteo
Dean, Mark P. M.
Konik, Robert M.
contents Although entanglement is both a central ingredient in our understanding of quantum many-body systems and an essential resource for quantum technologies, we only have a limited ability to quantify entanglement in real quantum materials. Thus far, entanglement metrology in quantum materials has been limited to measurements involving Hermitian operators, such as the detection of spin entanglement using inelastic neutron scattering. Here, we devise a method to extract the quantum Fisher information (QFI) from non-Hermitian operators and formulate an entanglement witness for resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Our approach is then applied to the model iridate dimer system Ba$_3$CeIr$_2$O$_9$ and used to directly test for entanglement of the electronic orbitals between neighboring Ir sites. We find the entanglement can be detected if we account for the expected symmetries, parity, and electron number conservation, of the dimer system. We also consider the roles that the incident and outgoing x-ray polarizations and the incident photon energy play in entanglement detection. Our protocol provides a new handle for entanglement detection in quantum materials.
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spellingShingle Witnessing Quantum Entanglement Using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
Ren, Tianhao
Shen, Yao
Lajer, Marton
TenHuisen, Sophia F. R.
Sears, Jennifer
He, Wei
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego
Becker, Petra
Mitrano, Matteo
Dean, Mark P. M.
Konik, Robert M.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
Although entanglement is both a central ingredient in our understanding of quantum many-body systems and an essential resource for quantum technologies, we only have a limited ability to quantify entanglement in real quantum materials. Thus far, entanglement metrology in quantum materials has been limited to measurements involving Hermitian operators, such as the detection of spin entanglement using inelastic neutron scattering. Here, we devise a method to extract the quantum Fisher information (QFI) from non-Hermitian operators and formulate an entanglement witness for resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Our approach is then applied to the model iridate dimer system Ba$_3$CeIr$_2$O$_9$ and used to directly test for entanglement of the electronic orbitals between neighboring Ir sites. We find the entanglement can be detected if we account for the expected symmetries, parity, and electron number conservation, of the dimer system. We also consider the roles that the incident and outgoing x-ray polarizations and the incident photon energy play in entanglement detection. Our protocol provides a new handle for entanglement detection in quantum materials.
title Witnessing Quantum Entanglement Using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05850