Zermelo navigation in the quantum brachistochrone

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/11/115303zbMATH Open1348.37053arXiv1409.2055OpenAlexW1963610071MaRDI QIDQ5245697FDOQ5245697

Authors: Benjamin Russell, Susan Stepney 

Publication date: 14 April 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyse the optimal times for implementing unitary quantum gates in a constrained finite dimensional controlled quantum system. The family of constraints studied is that the permitted set of (time dependent) Hamiltonians is the unit ball of a norm induced by an inner product on su(n). We also consider a generalisation of this to arbitrary norms. We construct a Randers metric, by applying a theorem of Shen on Zermelo navigation, the geodesics of which are the time optimal trajectories compatible with the prescribed constraint. We determine all geodesics and the corresponding time optimal Hamiltonian for a specific constraint on the control i.e. k (Tr(Hc(t)^2) = 1 for any given value of k > 0. Some of the results of Carlini et. al. are re-derived using alternative methods. A first order system of differential equations for the optimal Hamiltonian is obtained and shown to be of the form of the Euler Poincare equations. We illustrate that this method can form a methodology for determining which physical substrates are effective at supporting the implementation of fast quantum computation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.2055

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsRanders metricZermelo navigationquantum speed limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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