From Uncertainty Relations to Quantum Acceleration Limits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11030v1
• Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:30:01 GMT
• Title: From Uncertainty Relations to Quantum Acceleration Limits
• Authors: Carlo Cafaro, Christian Corda, Newshaw Bahreyni, Abeer Alanazi,
• Abstract summary: We provide a comparative analysis of two alternative derivations for quantum systems specified by an arbitrary finite-dimensional projective Hilbert space. We find the most general conditions needed to attain the maximal upper bounds on the acceleration of the quantum evolution.
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• Abstract: The concept of quantum acceleration limit has been recently introduced for any unitary time evolution of quantum systems under arbitrary nonstationary Hamiltonians. While Alsing and Cafaro [Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys. 21, 2440009 (2024)] used the Robertson uncertainty relation in their derivation, Pati [arXiv:2312.00864 (2023)] employed the Robertson-Schrodinger uncertainty relation to find the upper bound on the temporal rate of change of the speed of quantum evolutions. In this paper, we provide a comparative analysis of these two alternative derivations for quantum systems specified by an arbitrary finite-dimensional projective Hilbert space. Furthermore, focusing on a geometric description of the quantum evolution of two-level quantum systems on a Bloch sphere under general time-dependent Hamiltonians, we find the most general conditions needed to attain the maximal upper bounds on the acceleration of the quantum evolution. In particular, these conditions are expressed explicitly in terms of two three-dimensional real vectors, the Bloch vector that corresponds to the evolving quantum state and the magnetic field vector that specifies the Hermitian Hamiltonian of the system. For pedagogical reasons, we illustrate our general findings for two-level quantum systems in explicit physical examples characterized by specific time-varying magnetic field configurations. Finally, we briefly comment on the extension of our considerations to higher-dimensional physical systems in both pure and mixed quantum states.

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