Resolving topological order crossovers on NISQ hardware

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.21707v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:00:04 GMT
• Title: Resolving topological order crossovers on NISQ hardware
• Abstract summary: We show that plaquette-sector signatures remain more stable deep in the strong-stabilizer regime than near the finite-size crossover.<n>We extend the implementation to a physical two-dimensional IBM processor using a layered representative-qubit construction.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Topological phases of matter provide a promising route toward robust quantum information processing, but on present-day noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices the experimentally relevant question is whether signatures of topological crossovers remain resolvable under realistic imperfections. Here, we address this question in the Wen--plaquette model through a two-stage strategy on the IBM Quantum hardware. We first use a tractable system to systematically characterize crossover signatures. Using variationally compiled equilibrium and quench-generated states, we resolve crossovers between stabilizer-dominated and trivial or disorder-dominated regimes through local plaquette stabilizers and a Wilson loop, and quantify their robustness against static disorder, deliberately amplified circuit noise, and effective non-Hermitian fields. The quench dynamics further reveal that plaquette-sector signatures remain substantially more stable deep in the strong-stabilizer regime than near the finite-size crossover. Building on the properties established in the small system, we extend the implementation to a physical two-dimensional IBM processor using a layered representative-qubit construction. The resulting lattice-averaged plaquette response exhibits only weak degradation under intentionally amplified local coherent perturbations. Together, these results connect controlled finite-size characterization with a scalable hardware implementation, providing a practical route for preparing and probing topological signatures on near-term quantum processors.

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