Unveiling clean two-dimensional discrete time quasicrystals on a digital quantum computer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16718v1
• Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:56:13 GMT
• Title: Unveiling clean two-dimensional discrete time quasicrystals on a digital quantum computer
• Authors: Kazuya Shinjo, Kazuhiro Seki, Tomonori Shirakawa, Rong-Yang Sun, Seiji Yunoki,
• Abstract summary: We study the relaxation dynamics of initially prepared product states under periodic driving in a kicked Ising model. We identify the presence of a prethermal regime characterised by magnetisation measurements at twice the period of the Floquet cycle. Our results provide evidence supporting the realisation of a period-doubling DTC in a two-dimensional system.
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• Abstract: In periodically driven (Floquet) systems, evolution typically results in an infinite-temperature thermal state due to continuous energy absorption over time. However, before reaching thermal equilibrium, such systems may transiently pass through a meta-stable state known as a prethermal state. This prethermal state can exhibit phenomena not commonly observed in equilibrium, such as discrete time crystals (DTCs), making it an intriguing platform for exploring out-of-equilibrium dynamics. Here, we investigate the relaxation dynamics of initially prepared product states under periodic driving in a kicked Ising model using the IBM Quantum Heron processor, comprising 133 superconducting qubits arranged on a heavy-hexagonal lattice, over up to $100$ time steps. We identify the presence of a prethermal regime characterised by magnetisation measurements oscillating at twice the period of the Floquet cycle and demonstrate its robustness against perturbations to the transverse field. Our results provide evidence supporting the realisation of a period-doubling DTC in a two-dimensional system. Moreover, we discover that the longitudinal field induces additional amplitude modulations in the magnetisation with a period incommensurate with the driving period, leading to the emergence of discrete time quasicrystals (DTQCs). These observations are further validated through comparison with tensor-network and state-vector simulations. Our findings not only enhance our understanding of clean DTCs in two dimensions but also highlight the utility of digital quantum computers for simulating the dynamics of quantum many-body systems, addressing challenges faced by state-of-the-art classical simulations.

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