Revealing anyonic features in a toric code quantum simulation
Quantum Physics
2009-08-14 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Optics
Abstract
Anyons are quasiparticles in two-dimensional systems that show statistical properties very distinct from those of bosons or fermions. While their isolated observation has not yet been achieved, here we perform a quantum simulation of anyons on the toric code model. By encoding the model in the multi-partite entangled state of polarized photons, we are able to demonstrate various manipulations of anyonic states and, in particular, their characteristic fractional statistics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.0895,
title = {Revealing anyonic features in a toric code quantum simulation},
author = {J. K. Pachos and W. Wieczorek and C. Schmid and N. Kiesel and R. Pohlner and H. Weinfurter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0895},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures, to appear in NJP