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We derive generalizations of the energy-time uncertainty relation for driven quantum systems. Using a geometric approach based on the Bures length between mixed quantum states, we obtain explicit expressions for the quantum speed limit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-08 Sebastian Deffner , Eric Lutz

A computer, in order to perform a given computation, requires a certain amount of space (memory) and a certain amount of time (runtime). This leaves certain computations beyond reach due to technological limits on processing speed and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-02 Leron Borsten , Hyungrok Kim

Giving a universal upper bound on the power output of heat engines is a long-standing open problem. We tackle this problem for generic quantum machines in self-contained formulation by carefully including the switching process of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-03 Kosuke Ito , Takayuki Miyadera

We prove that the time required for sustained information scrambling in any Hamiltonian quantum system is universally at least logarithmic in the entanglement entropy of scrambled states. This addresses two foundational problems in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-25 Amit Vikram , Laura Shou , Victor Galitski

The quantum speed limit provides a fundamental bound on how fast a quantum system can evolve between the initial and the final states under any physical operation. The celebrated Mandelstam-Tamm (MT) bound has been widely studied for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-01 Shrobona Bagchi , Abhay Srivastav , Arun Kumar Pati

The evaluation of the minimal evolution time between two distinguishable states of a system is important for assessing the maximal speed of quantum computers and communication channels. Lower bounds for this minimal time have been proposed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-01 M. M. Taddei , B. M. Escher , L. Davidovich , R. L. de Matos Filho

This paper reports on some new inequalities of Margolus-Levitin-Mandelstam-Tamm-type involving the speed of quantum evolution between two orthogonal pure states. The clear determinant of the qualitative behavior of this time scale is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ulvi Yurtsever

We study the minimum time related to the quantum speed limit that characterizes the evolution of an open quantum system with the help of a simple model in the short and long time limits. We compare in particular the situation corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Jean Richert , Tarek Khalil

Physical systems that power motion and create structure in a fixed amount of time dissipate energy and produce entropy. Whether living or synthetic, systems performing these dynamic functions must balance dissipation and speed. Here, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-12-18 Schuyler B. Nicholson , Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos , Adolfo del Campo , Jason R. Green

Inequalities of Mandelstam-Tamm and Margolus-Levitin type provide lower bounds on the time it takes for a quantum system to evolve from one state into another. Knowledge of such bounds, called quantum speed limits, is of utmost importance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-08 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

For any pair of quantum states, an initial state |I> and a final quantum state |F>, in a Hilbert space, there are many Hamiltonians H under which |I> evolves into |F>. Let us impose the constraint that the difference between the largest and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-04-25 Carl M. Bender

We present a simple proof of the minimum time for the quantum evolution between two arbitrary states. This proof is performed in the absence of any geometrical arguments. Then, being in the geometric framework of quantum evolutions based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

The minimal time required for a system to evolve between two different states is an important notion for developing ultra-speed quantum computer and communication channel. Here, we introduce a new metric for non-degenerate density operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Debasis Mondal , Arun Kumar Pati

Speed of state transitions in macroscopic systems is a crucial concept for foundations of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics as well as various applications in quantum technology represented by optimal quantum control. While extensive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-29 Ryusuke Hamazaki

By a quantum speed limit one usually understands an estimate on how fast a quantum system can evolve between two distinguishable states. The most known quantum speed limit is given in the form of the celebrated Mandelstam-Tamm inequality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-27 Sergio Albeverio , Alexander K. Motovilov

Non-classical features of quantum systems can degrade when subjected to environment and noise. Here, we ask a fundamental question: What is the minimum amount of time it takes for a quantum system to exhibit non-classical features in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Divyansh Shrimali , Swapnil Bhowmick , Arun Kumar Pati

Evolution time of a qubit under a Hamiltonian operation is one of the key issues in quantum control, quantum information processing and quantum computing. It has a lower bound in Hermitian system, which is limited by the coupling between…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-06-03 Pengfei Lu , Teng liu , Yang Liu , Xinxin Rao , Qifeng Lao , Hao Wu , Feng Zhu , Le Luo

We derive a new quantum speed limit (QSL) for open quantum systems governed by Markovian dynamics. By analyzing the time derivative of the Bures angle between the initial pure state and its time-evolved state, we obtain an analytically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Kohei Kobayashi

Coherence is the most fundamental quantum resource in quantum information processing. How fast a physical system gets coherence or decoherence is a critical ingredient. We present an attainable quantum speed limit based on the variation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Zi-yi Mai , CHang-shui Yu

One of the fundamental physical limits on the speed of time evolution of a quantum state is known in the form of the celebrated Mandelstam-Tamm inequality. This inequality gives an answer to the question on how fast an isolated quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-14 Sergio Albeverio , Alexander K. Motovilov