Experimental demonstration of quantum causal inference via noninvasive measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06051v1
• Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:29:44 GMT
• Title: Experimental demonstration of quantum causal inference via noninvasive measurements
• Authors: Hongfeng Liu, Xiangjing Liu, Qian Chen, Yixian Qiu, Vlatko Vedral, Xinfang Nie, Oscar Dahlsten, Dawei Lu,
• Abstract summary: We probe whether causal structure can be determined without intervention in quantum systems. We demonstrate the experimental discrimination between several possible causal structures for a bipartite quantum system at two times.
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• Abstract: We probe the foundations of causal structure inference experimentally. The causal structure concerns which events influence other events. We probe whether causal structure can be determined without intervention in quantum systems. Intervention is commonly used to determine causal structure in classical scenarios, but in the more fundamental quantum theory, there is evidence that measurements alone, even coarse-grained measurements, can suffice. We demonstrate the experimental discrimination between several possible causal structures for a bipartite quantum system at two times, solely via coarse-grained projective measurements. The measurements are implemented by an approach known as scattering circuits in a nuclear magnetic resonance platform. Using recent analytical methods the data thus gathered is sufficient to determine the causal structure. Coarse-grained projective measurements disturb the quantum state less than fine-grained projective measurements and much less than interventions that reset the system to a fixed state.

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