Learning the Effective Spin Hamiltonian of a Quantum Magnet

To understand the intriguing many-body states and effects in the correlated quantum materials,inference of the microscopic effective Hamiltonian from experiments constitutes an important yet very challenging inverse problem.Here we propose an unbiased and efficient approach learning the effective Hamiltonian through the many-body analysis of the measured thermal data.Our approach combines the strategies including the automatic gradient and Bayesian optimization with the thermodynamics many-body solvers including the exact diagonalization and the tensor renormalization group methods.We showcase the accuracy and powerfulness of the Hamiltonian learning by applying it firstly to the thermal data generated from a given spin model,and then to realistic experimental data measured in the spin-chain compound copper nitrate and triangular-lattice magnet TmMgGaO_4.The present automatic approach constitutes a unified framework of many-body thermal data analysis in the studies of quantum magnets and strongly correlated materials in general.     

Spin Squeezing of 4-Qubit State

We investigate the spin squeezing of a 4-qubit state, which is superposed by a 4-qubit GHZ state and two W states with a relative phase. Numerically solution for spin squeezing parameter is given. It is shown that the parameter depends on the superposition coefficients and the relative phase. It is shown that spin squeezing exists over a relatively long time with increasing superposition coefficient γ and the smaller the value of relative phase is, the longer the time of existing spin squeezing.     

量子自旋液体的实验研究进展

量子自旋液体是指由于其中存在的强量子涨落导致自旋即使在零温极限下也不形成磁有序的一种新的自旋量子态。区别于传统的磁有序材料,它的基态没有确定的序参量来表示,并且不伴随任何自发的对称性破缺,超越了朗道相变理论所能描述的物相范畴,代表了一种新奇的量子物态,具有非常高的理论研究价值。这一全新的物态被认为与非常规超导机制之间有着十分紧密的关系。同时在未来的量子计算方面有着非常诱人的应用前景,因此一直以来备受关注。虽然量子自旋液体理论经过近半个世纪的积淀有了长足的发展,但是由于候选材料稀少,实验测量条件苛刻等多种因素制约,导致实验方面的进展相对缓慢。近年来各项实验技术的进步和成熟为量子自旋液体候选材料的测量表征提供了有利条件,加快了实验工作的推进速度。本文将从实验的角度介绍 (1) 几何阻挫量子自旋液体候选材料,包括三角晶格化合物 YbMgGaO量子自旋液体是指由于其中存在的强量子涨落导致自旋即使在零温极限下也不形成磁有序的一种新的自旋量子态。区别于传统的磁有序材料,它的基态没有确定的序参量来表示,并且不伴随任何自发的对称性破缺,超越了朗道相变理论所能描述的物相范畴,代表了一种新奇的量子物态,具有非常高的理论研究价值。这一全新的物态被认为与非常规超导机制之间有着十分紧密的关系。同时在未来的量子计算方面有着非常诱人的应用前景,因此一直以来备受关注。虽然量子自旋液体理论经过近半个世纪的积淀有了长足的发展,但是由于候选材料稀少,实验测量条件苛刻等多种因素制约,导致实验方面的进展相对缓慢。近年来各项实验技术的进步和成熟为量子自旋液体候选材料的测量表征提供了有利条件,加快了实验工作的推进速度。本文将从实验的角度介绍(1)几何阻挫量子自旋液体候选材料,包括三角晶格化合物YbMgGaO_4和YbZnGaO_4、κ-(BEDT-TTF)_2Cu_2(CN)_3、EtMe_3Sb[Pd(dmit)_2]_2和kagome格子化合物ZnCu_3(OH)_6Cl_2;(2)Kitaev量子自旋液体候选材料铱氧化物(Na_2IrO_3与α-,β-,γ-Li_2IrO_3)和α-RuCl_3。文章将着重介绍近年来在量子自旋液体实验方面的进展,之后做一个简单的总结,最后对量子自旋液体的未来发展做一个展望。     

Spin Squeezing of a General 3-Qubit State

We investigate the spin squeezing of a general 3-qubit state, which is superposed by a GHZ state and two W states. Numerical solutions for the length of mean spin, mean spin direction and spin squeezing were given. It is shown that the mean spin direction, the length of mean spin and the spin squeezing parameter are determined by the superposition coefficients and the relative phases between the GHZ state and the two W states.     

Spin Squeezing and Quantum Fisher Information for Mixed Hamiltonian Model

We investigate spin squeezing and the mean quantum Fisher information per particle χ ² for mixed Hamiltonian model. By adopting frozen-spin approximation, we first derive a analytical expression of spin squeezing parameter ξ ² and then numerically calculate ξ ² and χ ². It is shown that most of the time the spin squeezing appears alternatively in the x and y directions, but it cannot appear simultaneously in the two directions. It is also shown that the smaller external field strength induces better entanglement and larger period.     

Deep Learning Quantum States for Hamiltonian Estimation

Human experts cannot efficiently access physical information of a quantum many-body states by simply "reading"its coefficients, but have to reply on the previous knowledge such as order parameters and quantum measurements.We demonstrate that convolutional neural network(CNN) can learn from coefficients of many-body states or reduced density matrices to estimate the physical parameters of the interacting Hamiltonians, such as coupling strengths and magnetic fields, provided the states as the ground states. We propose QubismNet that consists of two main parts: the Qubism map that visualizes the ground states(or the purified reduced density matrices) as images, and a CNN that maps the images to the target physical parameters. By assuming certain constraints on the training set for the sake of balance, QubismNet exhibits impressive powers of learning and generalization on several quantum spin models. While the training samples are restricted to the states from certain ranges of the parameters, QubismNet can accurately estimate the parameters of the states beyond such training regions. For instance, our results show that QubismNet can estimate the magnetic fields near the critical point by learning from the states away from the critical vicinity. Our work provides a data-driven way to infer the Hamiltonians that give the designed ground states, and therefore would benefit the existing and future generations of quantum technologies such as Hamiltonian-based quantum simulations and state tomography.     

Quantum Fisher Information of a 3-Qubit State

We investigate the properties of quantum Fisher information in a general superposition of a 3-qubit GHZ state and two W states. Numerical calculation for quantum Fisher information of the 3-qubit state is given. It is shown that the mean spin direction, the length of mean spin and quantum Fisher information are determined by the coefficients of superposition and the relative phase between the GHZ state and the W states.     

Spin Ensembles Coupled to Superconducting Resonators: A Scalable Architecture for Solid-State Quantum Computing

A design is proposed for scalable solid-state quantum computing, which is based on collectively enhanced magnetic coupling between nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles and superconducting transmission line resonators interconnected by current-biased Josephson junction superconducting phase qubit. In this hybrid system, we realize distant multi-qubit controlled phase gate operations and generate distant multi-qubit entangled W-like states, being indispensable resource to quantum computation. Our proposed architecture consists of solid-state spin ensembles and circuit QED, and could achieve quantum computing in a solid-state environment with high-fidelity and scalable way. The experimental feasibility is discussed, and the implementation efficiency is demonstrated numerically.     

Quantum Phase Diagram of an Exactly Solved Mixed Spin Ladder

We investigate the quantum phase diagram of the exactly solved mixed spin-(1/2,1) ladder via the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz (TBA). In the absence of a magnetic field the model exhibits three quantum phases associated with su(2), su(4), and su(6) symmetries. In the presence of a strong magnetic field, there is a third and full saturation magnetization plateaux within the strong antiferromagnetic rung coupling regime. Gapless and gapped phases appear in turn as the magnetic field increases. For weak rung coupling, the fractional magnetization plateau vanishs and the model undergoes new quantum phase transitions. However, in the ferromagnetic coupling regime, the system does not have a third saturation magnetization plateau. The critical behaviour in the vicinity of the critical points is also derived systematically using the TBA.     

Quantum Fisher Information of Superpositions with 3-Qubit Ghz-Class State and W State

We investigate the quantum Fisher information in a general superposition of a GHZ-class state and a W state. It is shown that the mean spin direction is determined by the four coefficients of superposition and the relative phase between the GHZ-class state and the W state and it is independent of the relative phase between the GHZ-class state; while the length of mean spin is only determined by the four superposition coefficients. It is also shown that the quantum Fisher information of the superposition state is determined by the four superposition coefficients and the two relative phases.     

Effects of Spin Quantum Force in Magnetized Quantum Plasma

Starting from the governing equations for a quantum magnetoplasma including the electron spin -1/2 effects and quantum Bohm potential, we derive Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation of the system of quantum magnetohydrodynamics (QMHD). The amplitude and width of magnetosonic soliton with different parameters in the system are studied. It is found that the normalized Zeeman energy E plays a crucial role, for E≥1 the amplitude r_mξ and the width w_ξ of solitary wave all decrease as E increases. That is, the introduction of spin quantum force modifies the shape of solitary magnetosonic waves and makes them more narrower and shallower.     

Macroscopic Quantum Coherence in an Antiferromagnetic Spin Chain with Biaxial Anisotropy

Instanton configurations of (1+1)-dimensions in an antiferromagnetic biaxial-anisotropy-spin-chain are obtained explicitly in the strong anisotropy limit, which interpolate between degenerate equilibrium orientations of the Néel vector along easy axis and are seen to be responsible for quantum tunneling. Macroscopic quantum coherence of the domain walls is demonstrated in terms of the instantons.     

Spin Structure of Quantum Transport Theory

Relativistic quantum transport theory is investigated in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The spin structure of the kinetic equations is systematically analyzed. The covariant transport and constraint equations are derived in a matrix form in the spin space.     

Classical and Quantum Theories of Spin

A great effort has been devoted to formulating a classical relativistic theory of spin compatible with quantum relativistic wave equations. The main difficulty in connecting classical and quantum theories rests in finding a parameter that plays the role of proper time at a purely quantum level. We present a partial review of several proposals of classical and quantum spin theories from the pioneering works of Thomas and Frenkel, revisited in the classical BMT work, to the semiclassical model of Barut and Zanghi. We show that the last model can be obtained from a semiclassical limit of the Feynman proper time parametrization of the Dirac equation. At the quantum level, we derive spin precession equations in the Heisenberg picture. Analogies and differences with respect to classical theories are discussed in detail.     

Realization of Quantum Maxwell's Demon with Solid-State Spins

We report experimental realization of a quantum version of Maxwell's demon using solid state spins where the information acquiring and feedback operations by the demon are achieved through conditional quantum gates.A unique feature of this implementation is that the demon can start in a quantum superposition state or in an entangled state with an ancilla observer. Through quantum state tomography, we measure the entropy in the system, demon, and the ancilla, showing the influence of coherence and entanglement on the result. A quantum implementation of Maxwell's demon adds more controllability to this paradoxical thermal machine and may find applications in quantum thermodynamics involving microscopic systems.     

Persistence of Spin Edge Currents in Disordered Quantum Spin Hall Systems

For a disordered two-dimensional model of a topological insulator (such as a Kane-Mele model with disordered potential) with small coupling of spin invariance and time-reversal symmetry breaking terms (such as a Rashba spin-orbit coupling and a Zeeman term), it is proved that the spin edge currents persist provided there is a spectral gap and the spin Chern numbers are well-defined and non-trivial. These are sufficient conditions for being in the quantum spin Hall phase. The result materializes the general philosophy that topological insulators are topologically non-trivial bulk systems with persistent edge or surface currents.     

Self-Averaging of Perturbation Hamiltonian Density in Perturbed Spin Systems

Journal of Statistical Physics - It is shown that the variance of a perturbation Hamiltonian density vanishes in the infinite-volume limit of perturbed spin systems with quenched disorder. This is...