Revealing the quantum nature of memory in non-Markovian dynamics on IBM quantum

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Abstract

We investigate memory effects in non-Markovian dynamics on superconducting quantum processors provided by IBM Quantum. We use a collision-model approach to implement suitable single- and two-qubit dynamics with a gate-based quantum circuit. Coupling the system of interest to an ancilla allows for a characterization of the process with respect to non-Markovian memory effects in general, as well as concerning the quantumness of that memory. We demonstrate that current noisy quantum hardware is capable of verifying quantum memory in single-qubit dynamics. We then discuss why a generalization of this dynamics to the two-qubit case cannot directly be simulated in a way that allows quantum memory to be observed. Nevertheless, we present an alternative toy example that demonstrates how quantum memory of two-qubit dynamics can be witnessed using current noisy quantum computers.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer044512
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftNew journal of physics
Jahrgang28
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 23 Apr. 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-7806-3525/work/215835219

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Schlagwörter

  • cloud computing, non-Markovianity, Quantum dynamics, quantum memory