Analog-Digital Quantum Simulations with Trapped Ions

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Abstract

Quantum simulators combining Hamiltonian evolution with gate operations represent a powerful approach towards probing many-body physics with NISQ devices. We apply a platform based on a linear chain of trapped 171Yb+ ions to demonstrate some of the uses of this hybrid strategy, such as characterizing slow correlation growth arising from Stark many-body localization, certifying quantum many-body chaos, and studying non-equilibrium criticality in quench dynamics.

*This work is supported by the DARPA DRINQS Program (D18AC00033), NSF STAQ Program (PHY-1818914), the DOE Basic Energy Sciences: Materials and Chemical Sciences for Quantum Information Science program (DE-SC0019449), the DOE High Energy Physics: Quantum Information Science Enabled Discovery Program (DE-0001893), the DoE Quantum Systems Accelerator, the DOE ASCR Quantum Testbed Pathfinder program (DE-SC0019040), DOE Award DE-SC0019449, the DoE ASCR Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing program (DE-SC0020312), and the AFOSR MURI on Dissipation Engineering in Open Quantum Systems (FA9550-19-1-0399).

Publication: Nature 599, 393 (2021)
Collin, K. S. et al (in preparation)
De, A. et al (in preparation)

Presenters

  • William N Morong

    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • JQI, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Authors

  • William N Morong

    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • JQI, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

  • Kate S Collins

    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • JQI, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

  • Arinjoy De

    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • JQI, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

  • Christopher R Monroe

    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Duke Quantum Center and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham NC 27701; IonQ
    • JQI/QuICS/UMD Physics, DQC/Duke ECE, IonQ
    • JQI, University of Maryland, College Park
    • JQI and QuICS and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park; Duke Quantum Center and Department of Physics (and ECE), Duke University; IonQ
    • JQI, QuICS, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; DQC, Dept. of ECE and Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701; IonQ Inc., College Park, MD 20742