Advances in Quantum Defect Embedding Theory
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| author | Chen, Siyuan Yu, Victor Wen-zhe Jin, Yu Govoni, Marco Galli, Giulia |
| author_facet | Chen, Siyuan Yu, Victor Wen-zhe Jin, Yu Govoni, Marco Galli, Giulia |
| contents | Quantum defect embedding theory (QDET) is a many-body embedding method designed to describe condensed systems with correlated electrons localized within a given region of space, for example spin defects in semiconductors and insulators. Although the QDET approach has been successful in predicting the electronic properties of several point defects, several limitations of the method remain. In this work, we propose multiple advances to the QDET formalism. We derive a double-counting correction that consistently treats the frequency dependence of the screened Coulomb interaction, and we illustrate the effect of including unoccupied orbitals in the active space. In addition, we propose a method to describe hybridization effects between the active space and the environment, and we compare the results of several impurity solvers, providing further insights into improving the reliability and applicability of the method. We present results for defects in diamond and for molecular qubits, including a detailed comparison with experiments. |
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| spellingShingle | Advances in Quantum Defect Embedding Theory Chen, Siyuan Yu, Victor Wen-zhe Jin, Yu Govoni, Marco Galli, Giulia Materials Science Quantum defect embedding theory (QDET) is a many-body embedding method designed to describe condensed systems with correlated electrons localized within a given region of space, for example spin defects in semiconductors and insulators. Although the QDET approach has been successful in predicting the electronic properties of several point defects, several limitations of the method remain. In this work, we propose multiple advances to the QDET formalism. We derive a double-counting correction that consistently treats the frequency dependence of the screened Coulomb interaction, and we illustrate the effect of including unoccupied orbitals in the active space. In addition, we propose a method to describe hybridization effects between the active space and the environment, and we compare the results of several impurity solvers, providing further insights into improving the reliability and applicability of the method. We present results for defects in diamond and for molecular qubits, including a detailed comparison with experiments. |
| title | Advances in Quantum Defect Embedding Theory |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06455 |