Simulation of Interaction-Induced Chiral Topological Dynamics on a Digital Quantum Computer.
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Abstract
Chiral edge states are highly sought after as paradigmatic topological states relevant to both quantum information processing and dissipationless electron transport. Using superconducting transmon-based quantum computers, we demonstrate chiral topological propagation that is induced by suitably designed interactions, instead of flux or spin-orbit coupling. Also different from conventional 2D realizations, our effective Chern lattice is implemented on a much smaller equivalent 1D spin chain, with sequences of entangling gates encapsulating the required time-reversal breaking. By taking advantage of the quantum nature of the platform, we circumvented difficulties from the limited qubit number and gate fidelity in present-day noisy intermediate-scale quantum era quantum computers, paving the way for the quantum simulation of more sophisticated topological states on very rapidly developing quantum hardware.