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Andrii O. Maksymov

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arXiv2021

Detecting Qubit-coupling Faults in Ion-trap Quantum Computers

Ion-trap quantum computers offer a large number of possible qubit couplings, each of which requires individual calibration and can be misconfigured. To enhance the duty cycle of an ion trap, we develop a strategy that diagnoses individual miscalibrated couplings using only log-many tests. This strategy is validated on a commercial ion-trap quantum computer, where we illustrate the process of debugging faulty quantum gates. Our methodology provides a scalable pathway towards fault detections on a larger scale ion-trap quantum computers, confirmed by simulations up to 32 qubits.

quant-ph↗

arXiv2021

Optimizing Electronic Structure Simulations on a Trapped-ion Quantum Computer using Problem Decomposition

Quantum computers have the potential to advance material design and drug discovery by performing costly electronic structure calculations. A critical aspect of this application requires optimizing the limited resources of the quantum hardware. Here, we experimentally demonstrate an end-to-end pipeline that focuses on minimizing quantum resources while maintaining accuracy. Using density matrix embedding theory as a problem decomposition technique, and an ion-trap quantum computer, we simulate a ring of 10 hydrogen atoms without freezing any electrons. The originally 20-qubit system is decomposed into 10 two-qubit problems, making it amenable to currently available hardware. Combining this decomposition with a qubit coupled cluster circuit ansatz, circuit optimization, and density matrix purification, we accurately reproduce the potential energy curve in agreement with the full configuration interaction energy in the minimal basis set. Our experimental results are an early demonstration of the potential for problem decomposition to accurately simulate large molecules on quantum hardware.

quant-ph↗

arXiv2021

Anomalous low-energy properties in amorphous solids and the interplay of electric and elastic interactions of tunneling two-level systems

Tunneling two-level systems (TLSs), generic to amorphous solids, dictate the low-temperature properties of amorphous solids and dominate noise and decoherence in quantum nano-devices. The properties of the TLSs are generally described by the phenomenological standard tunneling model. Yet, significant deviations from the predictions of this model found experimentally suggest the need for a more precise model in describing TLSs. Here we show that the temperature dependence of the sound velocity, dielectric constant, specific heat, and thermal conductivity, can be explained using an energy-dependent TLS density of states reduced at low energies due to TLS-TLS interactions. This reduction is determined by the ratio between the strengths of the TLS-TLS interactions and the random potential, which is enhanced in systems with dominant electric dipolar interactions.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2019

Many-body localization in spin chains with the long-range transverse interactions: scaling of critical disorder with the system size

We investigate many-body localization in the chain of interacting spins with a transverse power-law interaction, $J_{0}/r^α$, and random on-site potentials, $ϕ_i \in \left(-W/2,W/2\right)$, in the long-range limit, $α< 3/2$, which has been recently examined experimentally on trapped ions. The many-body localization threshold is characterized by the critical disordering, $W_c$, which separates localized ($W > W_c$) and chaotic ($W < W_c$) phases. Using the analysis of the instability of localized states with respect to resonant interactions complemented by numerical finite size scaling, we show that the critical disordering scales with the number of spins, $N$, as $W_c \approx [1.37 J_{0}/(4/3 - α)]N^{4/3 - α} \ln N$ for $0 < α\leq 1$, and as $W_c \approx [J_{0}/(1-2α/3)]N^{1-2α/3} \ln^{2/3} N$ for $1 < α< 3/2$ while the transition width scales as $σ_{W} \propto W_{c}/N$. We use this result to predict the spin long-term evolution for a very large number of spins ($N = 50$), inaccessible for exact diagonalization, and to suggest the rescaling of hopping interaction with the system size to attain the localization transition at finite disordering in the thermodynamic limit of infinite number of spins.

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arXiv2018

Chaotic dynamics in a quantum Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem

We investigate the emergence of chaotic dynamics in a quantum Fermi - Pasta - Ulam problem for anharmonic vibrations in atomic chains applying semi-quantitative analysis of resonant interactions complemented by exact diagonalization numerical studies. The crossover energy separating chaotic high energy phase and localized (integrable) low energy phase is estimated. It decreases inversely proportionally to the number of atoms until approaching the quantum regime where this dependence saturates. The chaotic behavior appears at lower energies in systems with free or fixed ends boundary conditions compared to periodic systems. The applications of the theory to realistic molecules are discussed.

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arXiv2018

Theory of nonlinear microwave absorption by interacting two-level systems

The microwave absorption and noise caused by quantum two-level systems (TLS) dramatically suppress the coherence in Josephson junction qubits that are promising candidates for a quantum information applications. Microwave absorption by TLSs is not clearly understood yet because of the complexity of their interactions leading to the spectral diffusion. Here, the theory of the non-linear absorption in the presence of spectral diffusion is developed using the generalized master equation formalism. The theory predicts that the linear absorption regime holds while a TLS Rabi frequency is smaller than their phase decoherence rate. At higher external fields, a novel non-linear absorption regime is found with the loss tangent inversely proportional to the intensity of the field. The theory can be generalized to acoustic absorption and lower dimensions realized in superconducting qubits.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2017

Comment on "Many-body localization in Ising models with random long-range interactions"

This comment is dedicated to the investigation of many-body localization in a quantum Ising model with long-range power law interactions, $r^{-α}$, relevant for a variety of systems ranging from electrons in Anderson insulators to spin excitations in chains of cold atoms. It has been earlier argued [1, 2] that this model obeys the dimensional constraint suggesting the delocalization of all finite temperature states in thermodynamic limit for $α\leq 2d$ in a $d$-dimensional system. This expectation conflicts with the recent numerical studies of the specific interacting spin model in Ref. [3]. To resolve this controversy we reexamine the model of Ref. [3] and demonstrate that the infinite temperature states there obey the dimensional constraint. The earlier developed scaling theory for the critical system size required for delocalization [2] is extended to small exponents $0 \leq α\leq d$. Disagreements between two works are explained by the non-standard selection of investigated states in the ordered phase and misinterpretation of the localization-delocalization transition in Ref. [3].

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2016

Electronic torsional sound in linear atomic chains: chemical energy transport at 1000 km/s

We investigate entirely electronic torsional vibrational modes in linear cumulene chains. The carbon nuclei of a cumulene are positioned along the primary axis so they can participate only in transverse and longitudinal motions. However, the interatomic electronic clouds behave as a torsion spring with remarkable torsional stiffness. The collective dynamics of these clouds can be described in terms of electronic vibrational quanta, which we name torsitons. It is shown that the group velocity of the wavepacket of torsitons is much higher than the typical speed of sound, because of the small mass of participating electrons compared to the atomic mass. For the same reason the maximum energy of the torsitons in cumulenes is as high as a few electronvolts, while the minimum possible energy is evaluated as a few hundred wavenumbers and this minimum is associated with asymmetry of zero point atomic vibrations. Molecular systems for experimental evaluation of the predictions are proposed.

physics.chem-ph↗