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The question of how fast a quantum state can evolve has attracted a considerable attention in connection with quantum measurement, metrology, and information processing. Since only orthogonal states can be unambiguously distinguished, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lev B. Levitin , Tommaso Toffoli

We present a geometric optimization method for implementing quantum gates by optimally controlling the Hamiltonian parameters, with the goal of approaching the Mandelstam-Tamm Quantum Speed Limit (MT-QSL). Achieving this bound requires…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 F. Impens , D. Guéry-Odelin

We discuss quantum speed limits (QSLs) for finite-dimensional quantum systems undergoing general physical processes. These QSLs were obtained using Schatten $\alpha$-norms, firstly exploiting geometric features of the quantum state space,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Alberto J. B. Rosal , Diogo O. Soares-Pinto , Diego Paiva Pires

Quantum speed limits provide ultimate bounds on the time required to transform one quantum state into another. Here, we extend the notion of quantum speed limits to collections of quantum states, investigating the time for converting a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-10 Moein Naseri , Chiara Macchiavello , Dagmar Bruß , Paweł Horodecki , Alexander Streltsov

Quantum speed limits (QSLs) provide lower bounds on the minimum time required for a process to unfold by using a distance between quantum states and identifying the speed of evolution or an upper bound to it. We introduce a generalization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Niklas Hörnedal , Nicoletta Carabba , Kazutaka Takahashi , Adolfo del Campo

Bounds to the speed of evolution of a quantum system are of fundamental interest in quantum metrology, quantum chemical dynamics and quantum computation. We derive a time-energy uncertainty relation for open quantum systems undergoing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-05 A. del Campo , I. L. Egusquiza , M. B. Plenio , S. F. Huelga

In this paper, we derive sharp lower bounds, also known as quantum speed limits, for the time it takes to transform a quantum system into a state such that an observable assumes its lowest average value. We assume that the system is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Dan Allan , Niklas Hörnedal , Ole Andersson

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

Finding the solutions of the equations that describe the dynamics of a given physical system is crucial in order to obtain important information about its evolution. However, by using estimation theory, it is possible to obtain, under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 D. V. Villamizar , A. C. S. Leal , R. Auccaise , E. I. Duzzioni

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

We propose a quantum state distance and develop a family of geometrical quantum speed limits (QSLs) for open and closed systems. The QSL time includes an alternative function by which we derive three QSL times with particularly chosen…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Zi-yi Mai , Zheng Liu , Chang-shui Yu

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

Bounds of the minimum evolution time between two distinguishable states of a system can help to assess the maximal speed of quantum computers and communication channels. We study the quantum speed limit time of a composite quantum states in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-16 Ying-Jie Zhang , Wei Han , Yun-Jie Xia , Ke-Xia Jiang , Jun-Peng Cao , Heng Fan

The quantum speed limit (QSL), or the energy-time uncertainty relation, describes the fundamental maximum rate for quantum time evolution and has been regarded as being unique in quantum mechanics. In this study, we obtain a classical speed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-15 Manaka Okuyama , Masayuki Ohzeki

The quantum speed limit (QSL) time for open system characterizes the most efficient response of the system to the environmental influences. Previous results showed that the non-Markovianity governs the quantum speedup. Via studying the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-27 Hai-Bin Liu , W. L. Yang , Jun-Hong An , Zhen-Yu Xu

Dissipation has traditionally been considered a hindrance to quantum information processing, but recent studies have shown that it can be harnessed to generate desired quantum states. To be useful for practical applications, the ability to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Junjie Liu , Hanlin Nie

Quantum speed limit focuses on the minimum time scale for a fixed mission and hence is important in quantum information where fast dynamics is usually beneficial. Most existing tools for the depiction of quantum speed limit are the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-09 Mao Zhang , Huai-Ming Yu , Jing Liu

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

The speed limit of quantum state transfer (QST) in a system of interacting particles is not only important for quantum information processing, but also directly linked to Lieb-Robinson-type bounds that are crucial for understanding various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Casey Jameson , Bora Basyildiz , Daniel Moore , Kyle Clark , Zhexuan Gong

Quantum speed limits set fundamental lower bounds on the time required for a quantum system to evolve between states. Traditional bounds, such as those by Mandelstam-Tamm and Margolus-Levitin, rely on state distinguishability and become…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Ole Sönnerborn