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Transitions in Entanglement Complexity in Random Circuits

Quantum Physics 2022-09-26 v4

Abstract

Entanglement is the defining characteristic of quantum mechanics. Bipartite entanglement is characterized by the von Neumann entropy. Entanglement is not just described by a number, however; it is also characterized by its level of complexity. The complexity of entanglement is at the root of the onset of quantum chaos, universal distribution of entanglement spectrum statistics, hardness of a disentangling algorithm and of the quantum machine learning of an unknown random circuit, and universal temporal entanglement fluctuations. In this paper, we numerically show how a crossover from a simple pattern of entanglement to a universal, complex pattern can be driven by doping a random Clifford circuit with TT gates. This work shows that quantum complexity and complex entanglement stem from the conjunction of entanglement and non-stabilizer resources, also known as magic.

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@article{arxiv.2202.02648,
  title  = {Transitions in Entanglement Complexity in Random Circuits},
  author = {Sarah True and Alioscia Hamma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.02648},
  year   = {2022}
}
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