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An adiabatic cyclic evolution of control parameters of a quantum system ends up with a holonomic operation on the system, determined entirely by the geometry in the parameter space. The operation is given either by a simple phase factor (a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-23 Mahn-Soo Choi

In this paper we establish important relations between Hamiltonian dynamics and Riemannian structures on phase spaces for unitarily evolving finite level quantum systems in mixed states. We show that the energy dispersion (i.e. $1/\hbar$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

Geometric phase is a promising element to induce high-fidelity and robust quantum operations due to its built-in noise-resilience feature. Unfortunately, its practical applications are usually circumscribed by requiring complex interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Tao Chen , Zheng-Yuan Xue

We study the fuzzy spaces (as special examples of noncommutative manifolds) with their quasicoherent states in order to find their pertinent metrics. We show that they are naturally endowed with two natural "quantum metrics" which are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-02 David Viennot

We address the difference between integrable and chaotic motion in quantum theory as manifested by the complexity of the corresponding evolution operators. Complexity is understood here as the shortest geodesic distance between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Ben Craps , Marine De Clerck , Oleg Evnin , Philip Hacker , Maxim Pavlov

The idea that spacetime geometry is built from quantum entanglement has been widely accepted in the last years. But how exactly the geometry is related with quantum states is still unclear. In this note, based on the idea of deep learning,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Xiao Dong , Ling Zhou

The Bloch Sphere visualization of the possible states of a single qubit has proved a useful pedagogical and conceptual tool as a one-to-one map between qubit states and points in a 3-D space. However, understanding many important concepts…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-31 Li-Heng Henry Chang , Shea Roccaforte , Ziyu Xu , Paul Cadden-Zimansky

We investigate the question of unitarity of evolution between hypersurfaces in quantum field theory in curved spacetime from the perspective of the general boundary formulation. Unitarity thus means unitarity of the quantum operator that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-25 Daniele Colosi , Robert Oeckl

We examine the geodesic between two mixed states of arbitrary dimension by means of their geometric mean operator. We utilize the fiber bundle approach by which the distance between two mixed state density operators $\rho_1$ and $\rho_2$ in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-08 Paul M. Alsing , Carlo Cafaro , Shannon Ray

The geometry of the Quantum State Space, described by Bloch vectors, is a very intricate one. A deeper understanding of this geometry could lead to the solution of some difficult problems in Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-30 Jose Ignacio Rosado

This thesis, explores the quantum entanglement and evolution through both a geometric and dynamical perspective. The first part focuses on classical phase space and its central role in Hamiltonian mechanics, emphasizing the importance of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Jamal Elfakir

A qubit can relax by fluorescence, which prompts the release of a photon into its electromagnetic environment. By counting the emitted photons, discrete quantum jumps of the qubit state can be observed. The succession of states occupied by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-15 P. Campagne-Ibarcq , P. Six , L. Bretheau , A. Sarlette , M. Mirrahimi , P. Rouchon , B. Huard

The fundamental division of the total quantum evolution phase into geometric and dynamical components is a central problem in quantum physics. Here, we prove a remarkably simple and universal law demonstrating that this partitioning is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Arun Kumar Pati , Vlatko Vedral , Erik Sjoqvist

Geometric properties of evolutionary graph states of spin systems generated by the operator of evolution with Ising Hamiltonian are examined, using their relationship with fluctuations of energy. We find that the geometric characteristics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Kh. P. Gnatenko , H. P. Laba , V. M. Tkachuk

We describe in detail a general strategy for implementing a conditional geometric phase between two spins. Combined with single-spin operations, this simple operation is a universal gate for quantum computation, in that any unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. Ekert , M. Ericsson , P. Hayden , H. Inamori , J. A. Jones , D. K. L. Oi , V. Vedral

The metric underlying the mixed state geometric phase in unitary and nonunitary evolution [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 85}, 2845 (2000); Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 93}, 080405 (2004)] is delineated. An explicit form for the line element is derived and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-25 Erik Sjöqvist

This paper studies the stochastic differential equation (SDE) associated to a two-level quantum system (qubit) subject to Hamiltonian evolution as well as unmonitored and monitored decoherence channels. The latter imply a stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 Alain Sarlette , Pierre Rouchon

Given a curve in quantum spin state space, we inquire what is the relation between its geometry and the geometric phase accumulated along it. Motivated by Mukunda and Simon's result that geodesics (in the standard Fubini-Study metric) do…

The speed of evolution between perfectly distinguishable states is thoroughly analyzed in a closed three-level (qutrit) quantum system. Considering an evolution under an arbitrary time-independent Hamiltonian, we fully characterize the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Jesica Espino-González , Francisco J. Sevilla , Andrea Valdés-Hernández

The control of quantum system dynamics is generally performed by seeking a suitable applied field. The physical objective as a functional of the field forms the quantum control landscape, whose topology, under certain conditions, has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-11 Arun Nanduri , Ofer M. Shir , Ashley Donovan , Tak-San Ho , Herschel Rabitz