Time optimal quantum state transfer in a fully-connected quantum computer

Abstract The speed limit of quantum state transfer (QST) in a system of interacting particles is not only important for quantum information processing, but also directly linked to Lieb-Robinson-type bounds that are crucial for understanding various aspects of quantum many-body physics. For strongly long-range interacting systems such as a fully-connected quantum computer, such a speed limit is still unknown. Here we develop a new Quantum Brachistochrone method that can incorporate inequality constraints on the Hamiltonian. This method allows us to prove an exactly tight bound on the speed of QST on a subclass of Hamiltonians experimentally realizable by a fully-connected quantum computer.