Structured volume-law entanglement in an interacting, monitored Majorana spin liquid

Monitored quantum circuits allow for unprecedented dynamical control of many-body entanglement. Here we show that random, measurement-only circuits, implementing the competition of bond and plaquette couplings of the Kitaev honeycomb model, give rise to a structured volume-law entangled phase with s...

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Main Authors: Guo-Yi Zhu, Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, Simon Trebst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2024-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042063
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description Monitored quantum circuits allow for unprecedented dynamical control of many-body entanglement. Here we show that random, measurement-only circuits, implementing the competition of bond and plaquette couplings of the Kitaev honeycomb model, give rise to a structured volume-law entangled phase with subleading LlnL liquid scaling behavior. This interacting Majorana liquid takes up a highly symmetric, spherical parameter space within the entanglement phase diagram obtained when varying the relative coupling probabilities. The sphere itself is a critical boundary with quantum Lifshitz scaling separating the volume-law phase from proximate area-law phases, a color code or a toric code. An exception is a set of tricritical, self-dual points exhibiting effective (1+1)d conformal scaling at which the volume-law phase and both area-law phases meet. From a quantum information perspective, our results define error thresholds for the color code in the presence of projective error and stochastic syndrome measurements.
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spelling doaj-art-50c45247f8a24931bc5d67f1793cc9b42024-12-13T15:03:49ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642024-12-0164L04206310.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042063Structured volume-law entanglement in an interacting, monitored Majorana spin liquidGuo-Yi ZhuNathanan TantivasadakarnSimon TrebstMonitored quantum circuits allow for unprecedented dynamical control of many-body entanglement. Here we show that random, measurement-only circuits, implementing the competition of bond and plaquette couplings of the Kitaev honeycomb model, give rise to a structured volume-law entangled phase with subleading LlnL liquid scaling behavior. This interacting Majorana liquid takes up a highly symmetric, spherical parameter space within the entanglement phase diagram obtained when varying the relative coupling probabilities. The sphere itself is a critical boundary with quantum Lifshitz scaling separating the volume-law phase from proximate area-law phases, a color code or a toric code. An exception is a set of tricritical, self-dual points exhibiting effective (1+1)d conformal scaling at which the volume-law phase and both area-law phases meet. From a quantum information perspective, our results define error thresholds for the color code in the presence of projective error and stochastic syndrome measurements.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042063
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title_full Structured volume-law entanglement in an interacting, monitored Majorana spin liquid
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