Stabilizing multiple topological fermions on a quantum computer


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Authors
Koh, JM 
Phee, YH 
Ng, WE 
Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pIn classical and single-particle settings, non-trivial band topology always gives rise to robust boundary modes. For quantum many-body systems, however, multiple topological fermions are not always able to coexist, since Pauli exclusion prevents additional fermions from occupying the limited number of available topological modes. In this work, we show, through IBM quantum computers, how one can robustly stabilize more fermions than the number of topological modes through specially designed 2-fermion interactions. Our demonstration hinges on the realization of BDI- and D-class topological Hamiltonians on transmon-based quantum hardware, and relied on a tensor network-aided circuit recompilation approach. We also achieved the full reconstruction of multiple-fermion topological band structures through iterative quantum phase estimation (IQPE). All in all, our work showcases how advances in quantum algorithm implementation enable noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices to be exploited for topological stabilization beyond the context of single-particle topological invariants.</jats:p>

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Keywords
5108 Quantum Physics, 51 Physical Sciences, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics
Journal Title
npj Quantum Information
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Journal ISSN
2056-6387
2056-6387
Volume Title
8
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC