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arxiv: 2502.06961 · v2 · submitted 2025-02-10 · 🪐 quant-ph

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Fully optimised variational simulation of a dynamical quantum phase transition on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Lesley Gover , Vinul Wimalaweera , Fariha Azad , Matthew DeCross , Michael Foss-Feig , Andrew G. Green
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We time-evolve a translationally invariant quantum state on the Quantinuum H1-1 trapped-ion quantum processor, studying the dynamical quantum phase transition of the transverse field Ising model. This physics requires a delicate cancellation of phases in the many-body wavefunction and presents a tough challenge for current quantum devices. We follow the dynamics using a quantum circuit matrix product state ansatz, optimised for the time-evolution using a fidelity cost function. Sampling costs are mitigated by using the measured values of this circuit as stochastic corrections to a simple classical extrapolation of the ansatz parameters. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of variational quantum time-evolution and reveal a hitherto hidden simplicity of the evolution of the transverse-field Ising model through the dynamical quantum phase transition.

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