Topological Quantum Spin Glass Order and its realization in qLDPC codes

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Main Authors: Placke, Benedikt, Rakovszky, Tibor, Breuckmann, Nikolas P., Khemani, Vedika
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author Placke, Benedikt
Rakovszky, Tibor
Breuckmann, Nikolas P.
Khemani, Vedika
author_facet Placke, Benedikt
Rakovszky, Tibor
Breuckmann, Nikolas P.
Khemani, Vedika
contents Ordered phases of matter have close connections to computation. Two prominent examples are spin glass order, with wide-ranging applications in machine learning and optimization, and topological order, closely related to quantum error correction. Here, we introduce the concept of topological quantum spin glass (TQSG) order which marries these two notions, exhibiting both the complex energy landscapes of spin glasses, and the quantum memory and long-range entanglement characteristic of topologically ordered systems. Using techniques from coding theory and a quantum generalization of Gibbs state decompositions, we show that TQSG order is the low-temperature phase of various quantum LDPC codes on expander graphs, including hypergraph and balanced product codes. Our work introduces a topological analog of spin glasses that preserves quantum information, opening new avenues for both statistical mechanics and quantum computer science.
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spellingShingle Topological Quantum Spin Glass Order and its realization in qLDPC codes
Placke, Benedikt
Rakovszky, Tibor
Breuckmann, Nikolas P.
Khemani, Vedika
Quantum Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Ordered phases of matter have close connections to computation. Two prominent examples are spin glass order, with wide-ranging applications in machine learning and optimization, and topological order, closely related to quantum error correction. Here, we introduce the concept of topological quantum spin glass (TQSG) order which marries these two notions, exhibiting both the complex energy landscapes of spin glasses, and the quantum memory and long-range entanglement characteristic of topologically ordered systems. Using techniques from coding theory and a quantum generalization of Gibbs state decompositions, we show that TQSG order is the low-temperature phase of various quantum LDPC codes on expander graphs, including hypergraph and balanced product codes. Our work introduces a topological analog of spin glasses that preserves quantum information, opening new avenues for both statistical mechanics and quantum computer science.
title Topological Quantum Spin Glass Order and its realization in qLDPC codes
topic Quantum Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13248