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Estimating Entanglement Entropy via Variational Quantum Circuits with Classical Neural Networks

Quantum Physics 2023-12-19 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Entropy plays a crucial role in both physics and information science, encompassing classical and quantum domains. In this work, we present the Quantum Neural Entropy Estimator (QNEE), a novel approach that combines classical neural network (NN) with variational quantum circuits to estimate the von Neumann and Renyi entropies of a quantum state. QNEE provides accurate estimates of entropy while also yielding the eigenvalues and eigenstates of the input density matrix. Leveraging the capabilities of classical NN, QNEE can classify different phases of quantum systems that accompany the changes of entanglement entropy. Our numerical simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of QNEE by applying it to the 1D XXZ Heisenberg model. In particular, QNEE exhibits high sensitivity in estimating entanglement entropy near the phase transition point. We expect that QNEE will serve as a valuable tool for quantum entropy estimation and phase classification.

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@article{arxiv.2307.13511,
  title  = {Estimating Entanglement Entropy via Variational Quantum Circuits with Classical Neural Networks},
  author = {Sangyun Lee and Hyukjoon Kwon and Jae Sung Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.13511},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

14 pages, 5 figures; see also independent researches of Shin, Lee, and Jeong at arXiv:2306.14566v1 and Goldfeld, Patel, Sreekumar, Wilde at arXiv:2307.01171