Neural Operator Quantum State: A Foundation Model for Quantum Dynamics
Abstract
Capturing the dynamics of quantum many-body systems under time-dependent driving protocols is a central challenge for numerical simulations. Existing methods such as tensor networks and time-dependent neural quantum states, however, must be re-run for every protocol. In this work, we introduce the Neural Operator Quantum State (NOQS) as a foundation model for quantum dynamics. Rather than solving the Schr\"odinger equation for individual trajectories, our approach aims to \emph{learn the solution operator} that maps entire driving protocols to time-evolved quantum states. Once trained, the NOQS predicts time evolution under unseen protocols in a single forward pass, requiring no additional optimization. We validate NOQS on the two-dimensional Ising model with time-dependent longitudinal and transverse fields, demonstrating accurate prediction not only for unseen in-distribution protocols, but also for qualitatively different, out-of-distribution functional forms of driving. Further, a single NOQS model can be transferred between different temporal resolutions, and can be efficiently fine-tuned with sparse experimental measurements to improve predictions across all observables at negligible cost. Our work introduces a new paradigm for quantum dynamics simulation and provides a practical computational-experimental interface for driven quantum systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.25066,
title = {Neural Operator Quantum State: A Foundation Model for Quantum Dynamics},
author = {Zihao Qi and Christopher Earls and Yang Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.25066},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages, 6 figures