Family of Exact and Inexact Quantum Speed Limits for Completely Positive and Trace-Preserving Dynamics

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Main Authors: Srivastav, Abhay, Pandey, Vivek, Mohan, Brij, Pati, Arun Kumar
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Published: 2024
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author Srivastav, Abhay
Pandey, Vivek
Mohan, Brij
Pati, Arun Kumar
author_facet Srivastav, Abhay
Pandey, Vivek
Mohan, Brij
Pati, Arun Kumar
contents Traditional quantum speed limits formulated in density matrix space are generally unattainable for a wide class of dynamics and it is difficult to characterize the fastest possible dynamics. To address this, we present two distinct quantum speed limits in Liouville space for Completely Positive and Trace-Preserving (CPTP) dynamics. The first bound saturates for time-optimal CPTP dynamics, while the second bound is exact for all states and all CPTP dynamics. Our bounds have a clear physical and geometric interpretation arising from the uncertainty relations for operators acting on Liouville space, and the geometry of quantum evolution in Liouville space. We also obtain the form of the Liouvillian, which generates the time-optimal CPTP dynamics that connect the given initial and target states. To illustrate our findings, we show that the speed of evolution in Liouville space bounds the growth of the spectral form factor and Krylov complexity of states, which are crucial for studying information scrambling and quantum chaos. In another important application, we show that our results can help us understand the counter-intuitive phenomenon of the Mpemba effect in non-equilibrium open quantum dynamics, as the minimal relaxation time scale obtained by speed limits is dictated by the eigenmodes of the Liouvillian.
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spellingShingle Family of Exact and Inexact Quantum Speed Limits for Completely Positive and Trace-Preserving Dynamics
Srivastav, Abhay
Pandey, Vivek
Mohan, Brij
Pati, Arun Kumar
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Traditional quantum speed limits formulated in density matrix space are generally unattainable for a wide class of dynamics and it is difficult to characterize the fastest possible dynamics. To address this, we present two distinct quantum speed limits in Liouville space for Completely Positive and Trace-Preserving (CPTP) dynamics. The first bound saturates for time-optimal CPTP dynamics, while the second bound is exact for all states and all CPTP dynamics. Our bounds have a clear physical and geometric interpretation arising from the uncertainty relations for operators acting on Liouville space, and the geometry of quantum evolution in Liouville space. We also obtain the form of the Liouvillian, which generates the time-optimal CPTP dynamics that connect the given initial and target states. To illustrate our findings, we show that the speed of evolution in Liouville space bounds the growth of the spectral form factor and Krylov complexity of states, which are crucial for studying information scrambling and quantum chaos. In another important application, we show that our results can help us understand the counter-intuitive phenomenon of the Mpemba effect in non-equilibrium open quantum dynamics, as the minimal relaxation time scale obtained by speed limits is dictated by the eigenmodes of the Liouvillian.
title Family of Exact and Inexact Quantum Speed Limits for Completely Positive and Trace-Preserving Dynamics
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08584