Entropy (Jul 2020)

Efficient Quantum Simulation of an Anti-<i>P</i>-Pseudo-Hermitian Two-Level System

  • Chao Zheng,
  • Jin Tian,
  • Daili Li,
  • Jingwei Wen,
  • Shijie Wei,
  • Yansong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e22080812
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 8
p. 812

Abstract

Read online

Besides Hermitian systems, quantum simulation has become a strong tool to investigate non-Hermitian systems, such as PT-symmetric, anti-PT-symmetric, and pseudo-Hermitian systems. In this work, we theoretically investigate quantum simulation of an anti-P-pseudo-Hermitian two-level system in different dimensional Hilbert spaces. In an arbitrary phase, we find that six dimensions are the minimum to construct the anti-P-pseudo-Hermitian two-level subsystem, and it has a higher success probability than using eight dimensions. We find that the dimensions can be reduced further to four or two when the system is in the anti-PT-symmetric or Hermitian phase, respectively. Both qubit-qudit hybrid and pure-qubit systems are able to realize the simulation, enabling experimental implementations in the near future.

Keywords