Open-system descriptions are typically introduced by coupling a quantum system to an external environment. Here we show that a closed interacting many-body system can itself generate a controlled non-Markovian quantum channel acting on a reduced nonlinear qubit through finite-size corrections to a nonlinear mean-field limit. We demonstrate this using the Kitagawa-Ueda one-axis twisting model, $H=\chi J_z^2$, a paradigmatic model of collective spin dynamics, spin squeezing, and two-component Bose-Einstein condensates. Although the large-$N$ regime of this model has been extensively studied, the conventional fixed-$\chi$ scaling does not yield a nontrivial dynamical large-$N$ limit. In this paper, we investigate a complementary large-$N$ formulation obtained from the double limit $N\rightarrow\infty$ and $\chi\rightarrow O(g/N)$, where $g$ is a coupling constant. We derive the leading finite-$N$ corrections to this limit and show that they correspond to an emergent non-Markovian dephasing process, producing a Gaussian decay of the Bloch-vector coherence with characteristic timescale $t_\varphi\geq\sqrt{N}/(2g)$. Exact finite-$N$ calculations demonstrate that this effective open-system description becomes quantitatively accurate for systems containing on the order of one hundred qubits. The resulting framework provides a microscopic realization of non-Markovian dephasing generated intrinsically by a closed many-body system and enables efficient simulation of collective quantum dynamics beyond unitary mean-field theory. These results link the long-studied phenomenon of phase diffusion in atomic ensembles and Bose-Einstein condensates to the growing effort to characterize non-Markovian, beyond-Lindblad noise in quantum computing hardware, providing a rare case in which such a noise channel is derived from microscopic dynamics rather than fit phenomenologically.
Cavity-mediated collective-spin interactions are commonly described by a quadratic one-axis twisting Hamiltonian. However, the underlying atom-light interaction naturally generates nonlinearities to arbitrary order. Here, we derive a closed-form analytical expression for the complete hierarchy of cavity-mediated collective-spin interactions. We show that the nonlinear coefficients $\chi_k$ are governed by Chebyshev polynomials, with $k$ the order of nonlinearity. This yields a universal scaling $\chi_k\propto\eta^k$ with the single-atom cooperativity $\eta$ and a description of their dependence on cavity detuning. The result provides a systematic framework for determining when higher-order nonlinearities become relevant and when the quadratic approximation breaks down. We identify experimentally relevant regimes in which higher-order terms substantially modify collective-spin dynamics, accelerating the generation of quantum correlations and quantum Fisher information, and demonstrate that finite-order expansions can accurately reproduce the full cavity-mediated evolution. Our results establish a general framework for understanding higher-order nonlinearities in cavity quantum electrodynamics and their role in collective entanglement and quantum-enhanced sensing.
Leilani Ainsworth, Chase Gomes, Joseph A. Prescott et al.· 0 citations
We show that the $d+0$-dimensional Yang-Lee theory describing classical Ising spins in an imaginary magnetic field can be realized, without post-selection, within a $(d-1)+1$ open quantum system whose dynamics consist of local unitaries and engineered dissipation. Competition between the coherent unitary and dissipative dynamics drives a transition wherein the time-dependence of a particular class of linear observables changes from damped oscillatory"underdamped"to purely exponential"overdamped"decay. Our construction relies on an extensive number of weak-symmetries of the Lindbladian fixed by the choice of observable but is otherwise exact. Consequently, we show that the dynamics are described by the non-Hermitian generator of the Yang-Lee transfer matrix, leading to an effective Yang-Lee theory defined on the spacetime history of the open system. By locally modifying the dynamics, we directly measure spin correlation functions of the Yang-Lee theory as well as a related"Loschmidt Echo"correlator which we detail. We explicitly show that the required dissipation channels can be obtained through local $2$-qubit gates and discuss potential realization on near-term quantum simulator devices. Finally, we generalize our construction to embed arbitrary non-Hermitian Hamiltonians within an open quantum system under Lindbladian time-evolution without post-selection, drawing connections between unconditional open quantum dynamics, exceptional point physics, and non-unitary statistical mechanics.
Recent examples have confirmed the common belief that quantum chaos is always suppressed in the presence of an environment. Here we show that this is not always the case. We compute the Lyapunov exponent of a $q$-body Majorana Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model coupled to a Markovian bath. Provided that the jump operators describing the bath are isotropic random $k>2$-body Majoranas fields, the Lyapunov exponent is positive for any strength of the coupling to the bath. Interestingly, this also applies to $q=2$ where the SYK is integrable which indicates that many-body quantum chaos can be induced by the environment. Moreover, for $q>2$, where the unitary dynamics is quantum chaotic, and sufficiently large $k$, the Lyapunov exponent increases with the coupling to the bath. Explicit analytical results are obtained in the $q=2$ and large $q$ limits. Our results put forward an alternate route to induce and control the generation of scrambling in quantum many-body systems which is of potential relevance in the design of quantum information devices.
Xian-Long Liu, Antonio M. Garc'ia-Garc'ia· 0 citations
Quantum simulation of open quantum systems offers a pathway towards better understanding various non-equilibrium physics that would otherwise be challenging to study. While most open quantum systems studied are modeled as being memory-less (obeying the Markov approximation), real baths generally are influenced by the system-bath interaction, and some systems existing in structured non-Markovian environments can display novel behavior as a result. Here we utilize a trapped ion quantum simulator to simulate a single spin-$1/2$ driven-dissipative system with a non-Markovian dissipation channel, and experimentally compare steady-states to those from an analogous Markovian bath. We observe that a non-Markovian dissipative channel can shift the steady-state even for a single qubit, to a regime inaccessible for Markovian dissipation. The techniques used here are compatible with many-body extensions of the model, which can not be simulated efficiently on a classical computer in general. Our work also opens up new possibilities in quantum reservoir engineering beyond the Markovian regime.
A. Vogliano, Lewis Hahn, F. Lefebvre et al.· 0 citations
This work studies Stark MBL in a 12-qubit correlated fermionic system described by the one-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model using Hamiltonian simulation on an IBM superconducting qubit quantum computer and exhibits a crossover from thermalizing dynamics of the system at a weak tilt of the field to a strongly localized behavior at large tilt with short evolution times.
Abdul Kalam, Prasenjit Deb, A. Sakurai et al.· 0 citations
We have introduced PT-symmetry to a central spin model by adding a PT-symmetric interaction with a tunable hermiticity parameter $\gamma$. Using the pseudo-Hermitian formalism, we applied a Dyson map to transform the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian to its Hermitian representation. We have found that the decoherence slows down as $\gamma$ increases, eventually ceasing at $\gamma=1$. We define a pseudo-Hermitian observable that commutes with the metric operator to add as the self-Hamiltonian. Einselection gradually forced the system to select the eigenstates of the self-Hamiltonian as $\gamma\rightarrow1$. The steady-state purity of the central spin states in the strong environment regime exhibits a paradoxical decrease as $\gamma$ increases. However, a turning point (minimum) corresponding to a maximum information dissipation to the spin bath is found. Finally, the Breuer-Laine-Piilo (BLP) measure, which is used to quantify the non-Markovianity of a quantum system, was evaluated for a finite time. The BLP measure in the strong environment regime exhibited similar turning point behavior, which means that the information backflow reaches a saturation point before declining. This decline signifies the point where PT-symmetry starts shielding the central spin from the environment.
Leoj Phoebe M. Esquierdo, L. J. Sese, R. Gammag· 0 citations
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