Ammar Kirmani

Aug 2, 2023 | link.aps.org | Ammar Kirmani |Derek Wang |IBM Quantum |Pouyan Ghaemi

Abstract Direct experimental detection of anyonic exchange statistics in fractional quantum Hall systems by braiding the excitations and measuring the wave-function phase is an enormous challenge. Here, we use a small, noisy quantum computer to emulate direct braiding within the framework of a simplified model applicable to a thin cylinder geometry and measure the topological phase. Our algorithm first prepares the ground state with two quasiholes.