Quantum computing topological invariants of two-dimensional quantum matter

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2024-10

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PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, Volume 6, issue 4, pp. 1-10

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Quantum algorithms provide a potential strategy for solving computational problems that are intractable by classical means. Computing the topological invariants of topological matter is one central problem in research on quantum materials, and a variety of numerical approaches for this purpose have been developed. However, the complexity of quantum many-body Hamiltonians makes calculations of topological invariants challenging for interacting systems. Here, we present two quantum circuits for calculating Chern numbers of two-dimensional quantum matter on quantum computers. Both circuits combine a gate-based adiabatic time evolution over the discretized Brillouin zone with particular phase estimation techniques. The first algorithm uses many qubits, and we analyze it using a tensor-network simulator of quantum circuits. The second circuit uses fewer qubits, and we implement it experimentally on a quantum computer based on superconducting qubits. Our results establish a method for computing topological invariants with quantum circuits, taking a step towards characterizing interacting topological quantum matter using quantum computers.

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Niedermeier, M, Nairn, M & Flindt, C 2024, ' Quantum computing topological invariants of two-dimensional quantum matter ', PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, vol. 6, no. 4, 043288, pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.043288