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Main Authors: Sun, Bin, Cao, Geng-Bin, Hu, Xi-Dan, Zhang, Dan-Bo
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00918
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author Sun, Bin
Cao, Geng-Bin
Hu, Xi-Dan
Zhang, Dan-Bo
author_facet Sun, Bin
Cao, Geng-Bin
Hu, Xi-Dan
Zhang, Dan-Bo
contents Quantum operator scrambling describes the spreading of local operators into the whole system in the picture of Heisenberg evolution, which is often quantified by the operator size growth. Here we propose a measure of quantum operator scrambling via Holevo information of operators, by taking its capacity to distinguish operator information locally. We show that the operator size is closely related to a special kind of Holevo information of operators. Moreover, we propose a feasible protocol for measuring Holevo information of operators on digital quantum simulators based on random states. \textcolor{black}{For the mixed-field Ising model,} our numerical simulations show that the integrable system can be told apart from the chaotic system by measuring the spatial-temporal patterns of Holevo information. Furthermore, we find that error mitigation is required to restore the time-oscillation behavior of Holevo information for the integrable system, a crucial feature distinct from the chaotic one. Our work provides a new perspective to understand the information scrambling and quantum chaos from aspects of Holevo information of operators.
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spellingShingle Revealing quantum operator scrambling via measuring Holevo information on digital quantum simulators
Sun, Bin
Cao, Geng-Bin
Hu, Xi-Dan
Zhang, Dan-Bo
Quantum Physics
Quantum operator scrambling describes the spreading of local operators into the whole system in the picture of Heisenberg evolution, which is often quantified by the operator size growth. Here we propose a measure of quantum operator scrambling via Holevo information of operators, by taking its capacity to distinguish operator information locally. We show that the operator size is closely related to a special kind of Holevo information of operators. Moreover, we propose a feasible protocol for measuring Holevo information of operators on digital quantum simulators based on random states. \textcolor{black}{For the mixed-field Ising model,} our numerical simulations show that the integrable system can be told apart from the chaotic system by measuring the spatial-temporal patterns of Holevo information. Furthermore, we find that error mitigation is required to restore the time-oscillation behavior of Holevo information for the integrable system, a crucial feature distinct from the chaotic one. Our work provides a new perspective to understand the information scrambling and quantum chaos from aspects of Holevo information of operators.
title Revealing quantum operator scrambling via measuring Holevo information on digital quantum simulators
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00918