qml.spin.transverse_ising

transverse_ising(lattice, n_cells, coupling=1.0, h=1.0, boundary_condition=False, neighbour_order=1)

Generates the Hamiltonian for the transverse-field Ising model on a lattice.

The Hamiltonian is represented as:

\[\hat{H} = -J \sum_{<i,j>} \sigma_i^{z} \sigma_j^{z} - h\sum_{i} \sigma_{i}^{x}\]

where J is the coupling parameter defined for the Hamiltonian, h is the strength of the transverse magnetic field and i,j represent the indices for neighbouring spins.

Parameters

• lattice (str) – Shape of the lattice. Input values can be 'chain', 'square', 'rectangle', 'honeycomb', 'triangle', or 'kagome'.

• n_cells (List[int]) – Number of cells in each direction of the grid.

• coupling (float or List[float] or List[math.array[float]]) – Coupling between spins. It can be a number, a list of length equal to neighbour_order or a square matrix of shape (num_spins,  num_spins), where num_spins is the total number of spins. Default value is 1.0.

• h (float) – Value of external magnetic field. Default is 1.0.

• boundary_condition (bool or list[bool]) – Defines boundary conditions for different lattice axes, default is False indicating open boundary condition.

• neighbour_order (int) – Specifies the interaction level for neighbors within the lattice. Default is 1, indicating nearest neighbours.

Returns

Hamiltonian for the transverse-field Ising model.

Return type

Sum

Example

>>> n_cells = [2,2]
>>> j = 0.5
>>> h = 0.1
>>> spin_ham = qml.spin.transverse_ising("square", n_cells, coupling=j, h=h)
>>> spin_ham
(
-0.5 * (Z(0) @ Z(1))
+ -0.5 * (Z(0) @ Z(2))
+ -0.5 * (Z(1) @ Z(3))
+ -0.5 * (Z(2) @ Z(3))
+ -0.1 * X(0)
+ -0.1 * X(1)
+ -0.1 * X(2)
+ -0.1 * X(3)
)

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