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Title: Temporal Entanglement in Chaotic Quantum Circuits
(Submitted on 16 Feb 2023 (v1), last revised 1 Aug 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: The concept of space-evolution (or space-time duality) has emerged as a promising approach for studying quantum dynamics. The basic idea involves exchanging the roles of space and time, evolving the system using a space transfer matrix rather than the time evolution operator. The infinite-volume limit is then described by the fixed points of the latter transfer matrix, also known as influence matrices. To establish the potential of this method as a bona fide computational scheme, it is important to understand whether the influence matrices can be efficiently encoded in a classical computer. Here we begin this quest by presenting a systematic characterisation of their entanglement -- dubbed temporal entanglement -- in chaotic quantum systems. We consider the most general form of space-evolution, i.e., evolution in a generic space-like direction, and present two fundamental results. First, we show that temporal entanglement always follows a volume law in time. Second, we identify two marginal cases -- (i) pure space evolution in generic chaotic systems (ii) any space-like evolution in dual-unitary circuits -- where R\'enyi entropies with index larger than one are sub-linear in time while the von Neumann entanglement entropy grows linearly. We attribute this behaviour to the existence of a product state with large overlap with the influence matrices. This unexpected structure in the temporal entanglement spectrum might be the key to an efficient computational implementation of the space evolution.
Submission history
From: Alessandro Foligno [view email][v1] Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:56:05 GMT (1063kb,D)
[v2] Tue, 1 Aug 2023 11:10:31 GMT (2960kb,D)
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