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Observation of dynamical phase transitions in a superconducting quantum processor implementing five stabilizer terms

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Abstract

The dynamical phase transition (DPT) [1] in many-body systems is of recent interest due to the ability to engineer these non-equilibrium quantum phases in the laboratory.  DPTs are typically defined as non-analytic behavior in the dynamical free energy.   They have also been shown to represent error correction properties when applied to stabilizer codes [2]. Here, we report on results from the d=2 toric code (also known as a surface code) when including 5 stabilizer terms, and executed on the QuTech Quantum Inspire superconducting quantum processor. We observe good agreement between experiment and theory when accounting for experimentally calibrated error sources.

 

[1] M. Heyl et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 135704 (2013).

[2] A. T. Schmitz, arXiv:2002.11733 (2020).

Presenters

  • Shavindra P Premaratne

    Intel Corporation, Hillsboro

Authors

  • Shavindra P Premaratne

    Intel Corporation, Hillsboro

  • Albert T Schmitz

    Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Intel Corporation - Hillsboro

  • Miguel Moreira

    QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Delft University of Techology, Delft University of Technology, QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology

  • Leonardo DiCarlo

    QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Delft University of Technology

  • Anne Y Matsuura

    Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation, USA