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| author | Sun, Li Chen, Chong Liu, Ren-Bao |
| author_facet | Sun, Li Chen, Chong Liu, Ren-Bao |
| contents | Quantum nonlinear spectroscopy (QNS) via a quantum sensor can access $2^{n-1}$ types of $n$-th order contour-time-ordered correlations (CTOCs) arising from different orderings of quantum operators, while classical nonlinear spectroscopy can detect only one in each order. QNS and its classical counterpart have similar spatial symmetry properties, but they are expected to have characteristically different non-spatial symmetry properties since different orderings of operators can behave differently under non-spatial transformations (such as exchange of operators). Here, we investigate how higher-order correlations extracted by QNS are constrained by non-spatial symmetries, including particle-hole (C), time-reversal (T), chiral (S) symmetry, and time translation symmetry. We find that the generalized C-symmetry imposes special selection rules on QNS, and the generalized T- and S-symmetry relate CTOCs to out-of-time-order correlations (OTOCs). The time translation symmetry leads to a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem for the spectra of higher-order CTOCs and OTOCs. This work discloses deep structures in higher-order quantum correlations due to non-spatial symmetries and provides access to certain types of OTOCs that are not directly observable. |
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| spellingShingle | Structures in higher-order quantum correlations due to non-spatial symmetries Sun, Li Chen, Chong Liu, Ren-Bao Quantum Physics Quantum nonlinear spectroscopy (QNS) via a quantum sensor can access $2^{n-1}$ types of $n$-th order contour-time-ordered correlations (CTOCs) arising from different orderings of quantum operators, while classical nonlinear spectroscopy can detect only one in each order. QNS and its classical counterpart have similar spatial symmetry properties, but they are expected to have characteristically different non-spatial symmetry properties since different orderings of operators can behave differently under non-spatial transformations (such as exchange of operators). Here, we investigate how higher-order correlations extracted by QNS are constrained by non-spatial symmetries, including particle-hole (C), time-reversal (T), chiral (S) symmetry, and time translation symmetry. We find that the generalized C-symmetry imposes special selection rules on QNS, and the generalized T- and S-symmetry relate CTOCs to out-of-time-order correlations (OTOCs). The time translation symmetry leads to a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem for the spectra of higher-order CTOCs and OTOCs. This work discloses deep structures in higher-order quantum correlations due to non-spatial symmetries and provides access to certain types of OTOCs that are not directly observable. |
| title | Structures in higher-order quantum correlations due to non-spatial symmetries |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20445 |