Critical quantum metrology with fully-connected models: from Heisenberg to Kibble–Zurek scaling

L Garbe, O Abah, S Felicetti… - Quantum Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase transitions represent a compelling tool for classical and quantum sensing
applications. It has been demonstrated that quantum sensors can in principle saturate the …

Experimentally realizing efficient quantum control with reinforcement learning

MZ Ai, Y Ding, Y Ban, JD Martín-Guerrero… - Science China Physics …, 2022 - Springer
We experimentally investigate deep reinforcement learning (DRL) as an artificial intelligence
approach to control a quantum system. We verify that DRL explores fast and robust digital …

Generalized Kibble-Zurek mechanism for defects formation in trapped ions

W Wen, S Zhu, Y Xie, B Ou, W Wu, P Chen… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) mechanism has played a fundamental role in defect
formation with universal scaling laws in nonequilibrium phase transitions. However, this …

Analytical derivation and extension of the anti-Kibble-Zurek scaling in the transverse field Ising model

K Iwamura, T Suzuki - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
A defect density which quantifies the deviation from the spin ground state characterizes non-
equilibrium dynamics during phase transitions. The widely recognized Kibble-Zurek scaling …

Interferometry based on the quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism

HC Kou, P Li - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We propose an interferometry within the framework of the quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism
by exemplifying two prototypical quench protocols, namely, the round-trip and quarter-turn …

Topological and dynamical phase transitions in the Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model with quasiperiodic and long-range hoppings

WJ Zhang, YP Wu, LZ Tang… - … in Theoretical Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Disorders and long-range hoppings can induce exotic phenomena in condensed matter and
artificial systems. We study the topological and dynamical properties of the quasiperiodic Su …

Dynamical quantum phase transitions following a noisy quench

R Jafari, A Langari, S Eggert, H Johannesson - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We study how time-dependent energy fluctuations impact the dynamical quantum phase
transitions (DQPTs) following a noisy ramped quench of the transverse magnetic field in a …

Driven quantum spin chain in the presence of noise: Anti-Kibble-Zurek behavior

M Singh, S Gangadharaiah - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We study defect generation in a quantum XY-spin chain arising due to the linear drive of the
many-body Hamiltonian in the presence of a time-dependent fast Gaussian noise. The main …

Exact thermal properties of free-fermionic spin chains

M Białończyk, F Gómez-Ruiz, A del Campo - SciPost Physics, 2021 - scipost.org
An exact description of integrable spin chains at finite temperature is provided using an
elementary algebraic approach in the complete Hilbert space of the system. We focus on …

Threshold theorem in isolated quantum dynamics with stochastic control errors

M Okuyama, K Ohki, M Ohzeki - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We investigate the effect of stochastic control errors in the time-dependent Hamiltonian on
isolated quantum dynamics. The control errors are formulated as time-dependent stochastic …