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We review various bounds concerning out-of-equilibrium dynamics in few-level and many-body quantum systems. We primarily focus on closed quantum systems but will also mention some related results for open quantum systems and classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 Zongping Gong , Ryusuke Hamazaki

We introduce action quantum speed limits (QSLs) as a family of bounds on the minimal time to connect two states that, unlike the usual geometric approach, crucially depend on how the path is traversed, i.e. on the instantaneous speed. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-19 Eoin O'Connor , Giacomo Guarnieri , Steve Campbell

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

Classifying quantum states usually demands to observe properties such as the amount of correlation at one point in time. Further insight may be gained by inspecting the dynamics in a given evolution scheme. Here we attempt such a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Michele Maria Feyles , Luca Mancino , Marco Sbroscia , Ilaria Gianani , Marco Barbieri

We establish a comprehensive theoretical framework for coherent quantum speed limits (QSLs), deriving fundamental bounds on the rate of quantum evolution that explicitly isolate the contribution of quantum coherence. By applying H\"older's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Xuhui Xiao , Hai Wang , Xingze Qiu

We show that in any relativistic system, entanglement entropy obeys a speed limit set by the entanglement in thermal equilibrium. The bound is derived from inequalities on relative entropy with respect to a thermal reference state. Thus the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-10 Thomas Hartman , Nima Afkhami-Jeddi

The quantum speed limit is a fundamental upper bound on the speed of quantum evolution. However, the actual mathematical expression of this fundamental limit depends on the choice of a measure of distinguishability of quantum states. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-31 Sebastian Deffner

We cast observable measure of quantum coherence or asymmetry as a resource to control the quantum speed limit (QSL) for unitary evolutions. For non-unitary evolutions, QSL depends on that of the state of the system and environment together.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Debasis Mondal , Chandan Datta , Sk Sazim

The minimal time a system requires to transform from an initial state to target state is defined as the quantum speed limit time. quantum speed limit time can be applied to quantify the maximum speed of the evolution of a quantum system.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 S. Haseli

Timing and phase resolution in satellite QKD, kilometre-scale gravitational-wave detectors, and space-borne clock networks hinge on quantum-speed limits (QSLs), yet benchmarks omit relativistic effects for coherent and squeezed probes. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Salman Sajad Wani , Aatif Kaisar Khan , Saif Al-Kuwari , Mir Faizal

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 minimum time required for a quantum system to evolve from an arbitrary initial state to its orthogonal state is known as the quantum speed limit (QSL) time. In this work, we consider the model in which a single qubit moves inside a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-28 Maryam Hadipour , Soroush Haseli , Hazhir Dolatkhah , Saeed Haddadi

We study the speed of fluctuation of a quantum system around its thermodynamic equilibrium state, and show that the speed will be extremely small for almost all times in typical thermodynamic cases. The setting considered here is that of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Noah Linden , Sandu Popescu , Anthony J Short , Andreas Winter

The maximal evolution speed of any quantum system can be expressed by the quantum speed limit time. In this paper, we consider a model in which the system has a correlation with the environment. The influence of the initial correlation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-21 Alireza Gholizadeh , Maryam Hadipour , Soroush Haseli , Saeed Haddadi , Hazhir Dolatkhah

Given the initial and final states of a quantum system, the speed of transportation of state vector in the projective Hilbert space governs the quantum speed limit. Here, we ask the question what happens to the quantum speed limit under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-16 Abhay Srivastav , Vivek Pandey , Arun K Pati

Quantum asymmetry and coherence are genuinely quantum resources that are essential to realize quantum advantage in information technologies. However, all quantum processes are fundamentally constrained by quantum speed limits, which raises…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Agung Budiyono , Michael Moody , Hadyan L. Prihadi , Rafika Rahmawati , Sebastian Deffner

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

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

The minimum evolution time between multi-qubit quantum states is estimated for non-Markovian quantum channels. We consider the maximally coherent pure and mixed states as well as multi-qubit $X$ states as initial states and discuss the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-03 K. G. Paulson , Subhashish Banerjee

Quantum theory sets a bound on the minimal time evolution between initial and target states. This bound is called as quantum speed limit time. It is used to quantify maximal speed of quantum evolution. The quantum evolution will be faster,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-22 S. Haseli , S. Salimi , H. Dolatkhah , A. S. Khorashad