Simulations of quantum double models

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Abstract

We demonstrate how to build a simulation of two-dimensional (2D) physical theories describing topologically ordered systems whose excitations are in one-to-one correspondence with irreducible representations of a Hopf algebra, D(G), the quantum double of a finite group G. Our simulation uses a digital sequence of operations in a spin lattice model originally due to Kitaev to prepare a ground 'vacuum' state and to create, braid and fuse anyonic excitations. The simulation works with or without the presence of a background Hamiltonian though only in the latter case is the system topologically protected. We describe a physical realization of a simulation of the simplest non-Abelian model, D (S3), using trapped neutral atoms in a 2D optical lattice and provide a sequence of steps to perform universal quantum computation with anyons. The use of ancillary spin degrees of freedom figures prominently in our construction and provides a novel technique to prepare and probe these systems. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.

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Brennen, G. K., Aguado, M., & Cirac, J. I. (2009). Simulations of quantum double models. New Journal of Physics, 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/11/5/053009

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