DMRG Preprints

A small reader for Tomotoshi Nishino's selection of papers on tensor networks

Controlling quantum phases with electric fields in one-dimensional Hubbard systems

D. Arisa, R. M. Dos Santos, Isaac M. Carvalho, Vivian V. França

2505.15449 | Wed May 21 2025 | cond-mat.str-el | PDF

Quantum systems under electric fields provide a powerful framework for uncovering and controlling novel quantum phases, especially in low-dimensional systems with strong correlations. In this work, we investigate quantum phase transitions induced by an electric potential difference in a one-dimensional half-filled Hubbard chain. By analyzing (i) tunneling and pairing mechanisms, (ii) charge and spin gaps, and (iii) entanglement between the chain halves, we identify three distinct phases: Mott insulator, metal and band-like insulator. The metallic regime, characterized by the closing of both charge and spin gaps, is accompanied by a field-dependent kinetic energy and a quasi-periodic oscillatory behavior of pairing response and entanglement. Although the metallic phase persists for different magnetizations, its extent in the phase diagram shrinks as spin polarization increases.

Saten: Sparse Augmented Tensor Networks for Post-Training Compression of Large Language Models

Ryan Solgi, Kai Zhen, Rupak Vignesh Swaminathan, Nathan Susanj, Athanasios Mouchtaris, Siegfried Kunzmann, Zheng Zhang

2505.14871 | Tue May 20 2025 | cs.CL cs.LG | PDF

The efficient implementation of large language models (LLMs) is crucial for deployment on resource-constrained devices. Low-rank tensor compression techniques, such as tensor-train (TT) networks, have been widely studied for over-parameterized neural networks. However, their applications to compress pre-trained large language models (LLMs) for downstream tasks (post-training) remains challenging due to the high-rank nature of pre-trained LLMs and the lack of access to pretraining data. In this study, we investigate low-rank tensorized LLMs during fine-tuning and propose sparse augmented tensor networks (Saten) to enhance their performance. The proposed Saten framework enables full model compression. Experimental results demonstrate that Saten enhances both accuracy and compression efficiency in tensorized language models, achieving state-of-the-art performance.

Multireference Embedding and Fragmentation Methods for Classical and Quantum Computers: from Model Systems to Realistic Applications

Shreya Verma, Abhishek Mitra, Qiaohong Wang, Ruhee D'Cunha, Bhavnesh Jangid, Matthew R. Hennefarth, Valay Agarawal, Leon Otis, Soumi Haldar, Matthew R. Hermes, Laura Gagliardi

2505.13394 | Mon May 19 2025 | physics.chem-ph quant-ph | PDF

One of the primary challenges in quantum chemistry is the accurate modeling of strong electron correlation. While multireference methods effectively capture such correlation, their steep scaling with system size prohibits their application to large molecules and extended materials. Quantum embedding offers a promising solution by partitioning complex systems into manageable subsystems. In this review, we highlight recent advances in multireference density matrix embedding and localized active space self-consistent field approaches for complex molecules and extended materials. We discuss both classical implementations and the emerging potential of these methods on quantum computers. By extending classical embedding concepts to the quantum landscape, these algorithms have the potential to expand the reach of multireference methods in quantum chemistry and materials.

Verifying Quantum Memory in the Dynamics of Spin Boson Models

Charlotte Bäcker, Valentin Link, Walter T. Strunz

2505.13067 | Mon May 19 2025 | quant-ph | PDF

We investigate the nature of memory effects in the non-Markovian dynamics of spin boson models. Local quantum memory criteria can be used to indicate that the reduced dynamics of an open system necessarily requires a quantum memory in its environment. We apply two such criteria, derived from different definitions put forward in the literature, to spin boson and two-spin boson models. For the computation of dynamical maps and process tensors, we employ a numerically exact method for non-Markovian open system dynamics based on matrix product operator influence functionals, that can be applied across broad parameter regimes. We find that, with access to single-intervention process tensors, one can generally predict quantum memory in the dynamics at low temperatures. Given instead only the dynamical map, we are still able to detect quantum memory in the case of resonant environments at short evolution times. Moreover, we confirm quantum memory in the stationary dynamical regime using process tensors with the correlated steady state of system and environment as initial condition.

Independent Set Enumeration in King Graphs by Tensor Network Contractions

Kai Liang

2505.12776 | Mon May 19 2025 | math.CO cs.DM 05C30 (Primary), 68R05 (Secondary) G.2.2; F.2.2 | PDF

This paper discusses the enumeration of independent sets in king graphs of size m×nm \times n, based on the tensor network contractions algorithm given in reference~&icedil;te{tilEnum}. We transform the problem into Wang tiling enumeration within an (m+1)×(n+1)(m+1) \times (n+1) rectangle and compute the results for all cases where m+n79m + n \leq 79 using tensor network contraction algorithm, and provided an approximation for larger m,nm, n. Using the same algorithm, we also enumerated independent sets with vertex number restrictions. Based on the results, we analyzed the vertex number that maximize the enumeration for each pair (m,n)(m, n). Additionally, we compute the corresponding weighted enumeration, where each independent set is weighted by the number of its vertices (i.e., the total sum of vertices over all independent sets). The approximations for larger m,nm, n are given as well. Our results have added thousands of new items to the OEIS sequences A089980 and A193580. In addition, the combinatorial problems above are closely related to the hard-core model in physics. We estimate some important constants based on the existing results, and the relative error between our estimation of the entropy constant and the existing results is less than 10910^{-9}.

Exactly solvable many-body dynamics from space-time duality

Bruno Bertini, Pieter W. Claeys, Tomaž Prosen

2505.11489 | Fri May 16 2025 | cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th math-ph math.MP nlin.CD quant-ph | PDF

Recent years have seen significant advances, both theoretical and experimental, in our understanding of quantum many-body dynamics. Given this problem's high complexity, it is surprising that a substantial amount of this progress can be ascribed to exact analytical results. Here we review dual-unitary circuits as a particular setting leading to exact results in quantum many-body dynamics. Dual-unitary circuits constitute minimal models in which space and time are treated on an equal footings, yielding exactly solvable yet possibly chaotic evolution. They were the first in which current notions of quantum chaos could be analytically quantified, allow for a full characterisation of the dynamics of thermalisation, scrambling, and entanglement (among others), and can be experimentally realised in current quantum simulators. Dual-unitarity is a specific fruitful implementation of the more general idea of space-time duality in which the roles of space and time are exchanged to access relevant dynamical properties of quantum many-body systems.

TensorMixedStates: a Julia library for simulating pure and mixed quantum states using matrix product states

Jérôme Houdayer, Grégoire Misguich

2505.11377 | Fri May 16 2025 | quant-ph cond-mat.str-el | PDF

We introduce TensorMixedStates, a Julia library built on top of ITensor which allows the simulation of quantum systems in presence of dissipation using matrix product states (MPS). It offers three key features: i) it implements the MPS representation for mixed states along with associated operations, in particular the time evolution according to a Lindblad equation or discrete time evolution using non-unitary gates (quantum channels), ii) it is based on ITensor, which has proven its effectiveness and which gives access to efficient low-level tensor manipulation as well state-of-the-art algorithms (like DMRG, TDVP, quantum numbers conservation and automated parallelization), finally iii) it presents a user-friendly interface allowing writing sophisticated simulations for pure and mixed quantum states in a few lines of code.

Quantum data generation in a denoising model with multiscale entanglement renormalization network

Wei-Wei Zhang, Xiaopeng Huang, Shenglin Shan, Wei Zhao, Beiya Yang, Wei Pan, Haobin Shi

2505.10796 | Fri May 16 2025 | quant-ph | PDF

Quantum technology has entered the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) information processing. The technological revolution of machine learning represented by generative models heralds a great prospect of artificial intelligence, and the huge amount of data processes poses a big challenge to existing computers. The generation of large quantities of quantum data will be a challenge for quantum artificial intelligence. In this work, we present an efficient noise-resistant quantum data generation method that can be applied to various types of NISQ quantum processors, where the target quantum data belongs to a certain class and our proposal enables the generation of various quantum data belonging to the target class. Specifically, we propose a quantum denoising probability model (QDM) based on a multiscale entanglement renormalization network (MERA) for the generation of quantum data. To show the feasibility and practicality of our scheme, we demonstrate the generations of the classes of GHZ-like states and W-like states with a success rate above 99%. Our MREA QDM can also be used to denoise multiple types of quantum data simultaneously. We show the success rate of denoising both GHZ-like and W-like states with a single qubit noise environment of noise level within 1/4 can approximate to be 100%, and with two other types of noise environment with noise level within 1/4 can be above 90%. Our quantum data generation scheme provides new ideas and prospects for quantum generative models in the NISQ era.

Distributed Realization of Color Codes for Quantum Error Correction

Nitish Kumar Chandra, David Tipper, Reza Nejabati, Eneet Kaur, Kaushik P. Seshadreesan

2505.10693 | Thu May 15 2025 | quant-ph | PDF

Color codes are a leading class of topological quantum error-correcting codes with modest error thresholds and structural compatibility with two-dimensional architectures, which make them well-suited for fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC). Here, we propose and analyze a distributed architecture for realizing the (6.6.6) color code. The architecture involves interconnecting patches of the color code housed in different quantum processing units (QPUs) via entangled pairs. To account for noisy interconnects, we model the qubits in the color code as being subject to a bit-flip noise channel, where the qubits on the boundary (seam) between patches experience elevated noise compared to those in the bulk. We investigate the error threshold of the distributed color code under such asymmetric noise conditions by employing two decoders: a tensor-network-based decoder and a recently introduced concatenated Minimum Weight Perfect Matching (MWPM) algorithm. Our simulations demonstrate that elevated noise on seam qubits leads to a slight reduction in threshold for the tensor-network decoder, whereas the concatenated MWPM decoder shows no significant change in the error threshold, underscoring its effectiveness under asymmetric noise conditions. Our findings thus highlight the robustness of color codes in distributed architectures and provide valuable insights into the practical realization of FTQC involving noisy interconnects between QPUs.