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Jiaqiang Li

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Preprint Jul 2026

Measurement-induced phase transition in space

Measurement-induced phase transitions (MIPTs) in monitored quantum circuits are usually characterized by preparing steady states at different uniform measurement probabilities. Here we introduce a spatial realization of the MIPT by imposing a deterministic measurement gradient in a single monitored Clifford chain. The resulting steady state contains coexisting volume-law, critical, and area-law regions, with the point $p(x)=p_c$ acting as a spatial critical cut. By scanning entanglement observables across this profile, we show that the transition is organized by a spatial scaling form. Although this structure is analogous to finite-time scaling in temporally driven MIPT, the spatial protocol has no Kibble-Zurek dynamics. Instead, the physical bounds $0\le p\le 1$ impose a finite linear window, producing cutoff-controlled asymptotic regimes whose fitted exponents provide direct access to the correlation-length exponent $\nu$. Our results establish spatially inhomogeneous measurements as a controlled route to engineer and probe measurement-induced criticality within a single steady state.

Jiaqiang Li, L. Zhai, Shuo Liu et al. · 1 citation

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