Witnessing Spin-Orbital Entanglement using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

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Auteurs principaux: Shen, Zecheng, Ding, Shuhan, Zhao, Zijun, Evangelista, Francesco A., Wang, Yao
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author Shen, Zecheng
Ding, Shuhan
Zhao, Zijun
Evangelista, Francesco A.
Wang, Yao
author_facet Shen, Zecheng
Ding, Shuhan
Zhao, Zijun
Evangelista, Francesco A.
Wang, Yao
contents Entanglement plays a central role in quantum technologies, yet its characterization and control in materials remain challenging. Recent developments in spectrum-based entanglement witnesses have enabled new strategies for quantifying many-body entanglement in macroscopic materials. Here, we develop a protocol for detecting spin--orbital entanglement using experiment-accessible resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Central to our approach is the construction of a Hermitian generator from experimentally measurable spectra, which allows us to compute the quantum Fisher information (QFI) available in spin--orbital systems. The resulting QFI provides upper bounds for $k$-producible states and thus serves as a robust witness of spin--orbital entanglement. To account for realistic experimental limitations, we further extend our framework to include relaxed QFI bounds applicable to measurements lacking full polarization resolution.
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spellingShingle Witnessing Spin-Orbital Entanglement using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
Shen, Zecheng
Ding, Shuhan
Zhao, Zijun
Evangelista, Francesco A.
Wang, Yao
Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Entanglement plays a central role in quantum technologies, yet its characterization and control in materials remain challenging. Recent developments in spectrum-based entanglement witnesses have enabled new strategies for quantifying many-body entanglement in macroscopic materials. Here, we develop a protocol for detecting spin--orbital entanglement using experiment-accessible resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Central to our approach is the construction of a Hermitian generator from experimentally measurable spectra, which allows us to compute the quantum Fisher information (QFI) available in spin--orbital systems. The resulting QFI provides upper bounds for $k$-producible states and thus serves as a robust witness of spin--orbital entanglement. To account for realistic experimental limitations, we further extend our framework to include relaxed QFI bounds applicable to measurements lacking full polarization resolution.
title Witnessing Spin-Orbital Entanglement using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
topic Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06718