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Title: Dependence of the quantum speed limit on system size and control complexity

Journal Article · · New Journal of Physics

We extend the work in 2017 New J. Phys. 19 103015 by deriving a lower bound for the minimum time necessary to implement a unitary transformation on a generic, closed quantum system with an arbitrary number of classical control fields. This bound is explicitly analyzed for a specific N-level system similar to those used to represent simple models of an atom, or the first excitation sector of a Heisenberg spin chain, both of which are of interest in quantum control for quantum computation. Specifically, it is shown that the resultant bound depends on the dimension of the system, and on the number of controls used to implement a specific target unitary operation. The value of the bound determined numerically, and an estimate of the true minimum gate time are systematically compared for a range of system dimension and number of controls; special attention is drawn to the relationship between these two variables. Here, it is seen that the bound captures the scaling of the minimum time well for the systems studied, and quantitatively is correct in the order of magnitude.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-02ER15344
OSTI ID:
1440380
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1500091
Journal Information:
New Journal of Physics, Vol. 20, Issue 6; ISSN 1367-2630
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 11 works
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