Optimal schedule of multi-channel quantum Zeno dragging with application to solving the k-SAT problem

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Yipei, Sarlette, Alain, Lewalle, Philippe, Karmakar, Tathagata, Whaley, K. Birgitta
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author Zhang, Yipei
Sarlette, Alain
Lewalle, Philippe
Karmakar, Tathagata
Whaley, K. Birgitta
author_facet Zhang, Yipei
Sarlette, Alain
Lewalle, Philippe
Karmakar, Tathagata
Whaley, K. Birgitta
contents Quantum Zeno dragging enables the preparation of common eigenstates of a set of observables by frequent measurement and adiabatic-like modulation of the measurement basis. In this work, we present a deeper analysis of multi-channel Zeno dragging using generalized measurements, i.e. simultaneously measuring a set of non-commuting observables that vary slowly in time, to drag the state towards a target subspace. For concreteness, we will focus on a measurement-driven approach to solving k-SAT problems as examples. We first compute some analytical upper bounds on the convergence time, including the effect of finite measurement time resolution. We then apply optimal control theory to obtain the optimal dragging schedule that lower bounds the convergence time, for low-dimensional settings. This study provides a theoretical foundation for multi-channel Zeno dragging and its optimization, and also serves as a guide for designing optimal dragging schedules for quantum information tasks including measurement-driven quantum algorithms.
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spellingShingle Optimal schedule of multi-channel quantum Zeno dragging with application to solving the k-SAT problem
Zhang, Yipei
Sarlette, Alain
Lewalle, Philippe
Karmakar, Tathagata
Whaley, K. Birgitta
Quantum Physics
Quantum Zeno dragging enables the preparation of common eigenstates of a set of observables by frequent measurement and adiabatic-like modulation of the measurement basis. In this work, we present a deeper analysis of multi-channel Zeno dragging using generalized measurements, i.e. simultaneously measuring a set of non-commuting observables that vary slowly in time, to drag the state towards a target subspace. For concreteness, we will focus on a measurement-driven approach to solving k-SAT problems as examples. We first compute some analytical upper bounds on the convergence time, including the effect of finite measurement time resolution. We then apply optimal control theory to obtain the optimal dragging schedule that lower bounds the convergence time, for low-dimensional settings. This study provides a theoretical foundation for multi-channel Zeno dragging and its optimization, and also serves as a guide for designing optimal dragging schedules for quantum information tasks including measurement-driven quantum algorithms.
title Optimal schedule of multi-channel quantum Zeno dragging with application to solving the k-SAT problem
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16128