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The energy-time uncertainty relation limits the maximum speed of quantum system evolution and is crucial for determining whether quantum tasks can be accelerated. However, multiparticle quantum speed limits have not been experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Rui-Heng Miao , Zhao-Di Liu , Chen-Xi Ning , Yu-Cong Hu , Hao Zhang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

In this work, we investigate the implications of the concept of quantum speed limit in string field theory. We adopt a novel approach to the problem of time on world-sheet based on Fisher information, and arrive at a minimum time for a…

The traditional formulation of the ultimate goal of physics (in the narrower sense of axiomatic theory) involves the derivation of physical laws from first principles. Though, such option doesn't make things easier since the task of the…

General Physics · Physics 2020-05-11 Yu. L. Bolotin , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

We consider a quantum gate, driven by a general time-dependent Hamiltonian, that complements the state of a qubit and then adds to it an arbitrary phase shift. It is shown that the minimum operation time of the gate is tau = (h/4E)(1+2…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lev B. Levitin , Tommaso Toffoli , Zachary Walton

Active control of quantum systems enables diverse applications ranging from quantum computation to manipulation of molecular processes. Maximum speeds and related bounds have been identified from uncertainty principles and related…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Hanwen Zhang , Zeyu Kuang , Shruti Puri , Owen D. Miller

The pace of evolution of physical systems is fundamentally constrained by quantum speed limits (QSL), which have found broad applications in quantum science and technology. We consider the speed of evolution for quantum systems undergoing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Luis Pedro García-Pintos , Adolfo del Campo

A method is presented to compute approximate solutions for eigenequations in quantum mechanics with an arbitrary kinetic part. In some cases, the approximate eigenvalues can be analytically determined and they can be lower or upper bounds.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-01 Claude Semay

We report on a time scaling technique to enhance the performances of quantum protocols in non-Hermitian systems. The considered time scaling involves no extra-couplings and yields a significant enhancement of the quantum fidelity for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 F. Impens , F. M. D'Angelis , F. A. Pinheiro , D. Guéry-Odelin

The Bremermann-Bekenstein bound is a fundamental bound on the maximal rate with which information can be transmitted. However, its derivation relies on rather weak estimates and plausibility arguments, which make the application of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-14 Thiago V. Acconcia , Sebastian Deffner

The quantum speed limit and the Wigner function of open system models are studied. To this end, we use the phase covariant and a two-qubit model interacting with a squeezed thermal bath via position-dependent coupling. The dependence of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-18 Arti Gaharwar , Devvrat Tiwari , Subhashish Banerjee

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 describe a protocol for perfectly transferring a quantum state from one party to another under the dynamics of a fixed, engineered Hamiltonian. Our protocol combines the concepts of fractional revival, dual rail encoding, and a rare…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Weichen Xie , Alastair Kay , Christino Tamon

We obtain an upper bound on the time available for quantum computation for a given quantum computer and decohering environment with quantum error correction implemented. First, we derive an explicit quantum evolution operator for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 E. Novais , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Harold U. Baranger

The quantum speed limit (QSL) refers to the maximum speed of a quantum system to evolve from an initial state to its orthogonal states. The bound on the QSL for Hermitian systems, for example the Mandelstam-Tamm (MT) and Margolus-Levitin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Zhanxi Wang , Xiaozhe Hao , X. X. Yi

How multiple observables mutually influence their dynamics has been a crucial issue in statistical mechanics. We introduce a new concept, "quantum velocity limits," to establish a quantitative and rigorous theory for non-equilibrium quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-01-10 Ryusuke Hamazaki

We derive a quantum speed limit for mixed quantum states using the stronger uncertainty relation for mixed quantum states and unitary evolution. We also show that this bound can be optimized over different choices of operators for obtaining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-14 Shrobona Bagchi , Dimpi Thakuria , Arun Kumar Pati

If the block universe view is correct, the future and the past have similar status and one would expect physical theories to involve final as well as initial boundary conditions. A plausible consistency condition between the initial and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. J. Miller

The Bremermann-Bekenstein bound sets a fundamental upper limit on the rate with which information can be processed. However, the original treatment heavily relies on cosmological properties and plausibility arguments. In the present…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-18 Sebastian Deffner

Standard quantum speed limits presuppose exactly known parameters, overestimating operational speed under calibration uncertainty. We introduce a projected speed limit based on the quantum Fisher information that profiles out these nuisance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Salman Sajad Wani , Saif Al-Kuwari

We derive a Geometric quantum speed limit (QSL) for imaginary-time evolution, where the dynamics is governed by a non-unitary Schr\"{o}dinger equation. By introducing a cost function based on the angular distance between the normalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Kohei Kobayashi