Detecting nonequilibrium phase transitions via continuous monitoring of space-time trajectories and autoencoder-based clustering
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| author | Fitzner, Erik Carnazza, Francesco Carollo, Federico Lesanovsky, Igor |
| author_facet | Fitzner, Erik Carnazza, Francesco Carollo, Federico Lesanovsky, Igor |
| contents | The characterization of collective behavior and nonequilibrium phase transitions in quantum systems is typically rooted in the analysis of suitable system observables, so-called order parameters. These observables might not be known a priori, but they may in principle be identified through analyzing the quantum state of the system. Experimentally, this can be particularly demanding as estimating quantum states and expectation values of quantum observables requires a large number of projective measurements. However, open quantum systems can be probed in situ by monitoring their output, e.g. via heterodyne-detection or photon-counting experiments, which provide space-time resolved information about their dynamics. Building on this, we present a machine-learning approach to detect nonequilibrium phase transitions from the measurement time-records of continuously-monitored quantum systems. We benchmark our method using the quantum contact process, a model featuring an absorbing-state phase transition, which constitutes a particularly challenging test case for the quantum simulation of nonequilibrium processes. |
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| spellingShingle | Detecting nonequilibrium phase transitions via continuous monitoring of space-time trajectories and autoencoder-based clustering Fitzner, Erik Carnazza, Francesco Carollo, Federico Lesanovsky, Igor Quantum Physics Other Condensed Matter Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability The characterization of collective behavior and nonequilibrium phase transitions in quantum systems is typically rooted in the analysis of suitable system observables, so-called order parameters. These observables might not be known a priori, but they may in principle be identified through analyzing the quantum state of the system. Experimentally, this can be particularly demanding as estimating quantum states and expectation values of quantum observables requires a large number of projective measurements. However, open quantum systems can be probed in situ by monitoring their output, e.g. via heterodyne-detection or photon-counting experiments, which provide space-time resolved information about their dynamics. Building on this, we present a machine-learning approach to detect nonequilibrium phase transitions from the measurement time-records of continuously-monitored quantum systems. We benchmark our method using the quantum contact process, a model featuring an absorbing-state phase transition, which constitutes a particularly challenging test case for the quantum simulation of nonequilibrium processes. |
| title | Detecting nonequilibrium phase transitions via continuous monitoring of space-time trajectories and autoencoder-based clustering |
| topic | Quantum Physics Other Condensed Matter Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17341 |