Nanoscale Detection of Many-Body Entanglement via Multidimensional Correlation Imprinting
Understanding the nonequilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum many-body systems is a central goal of modern physics. Measuring genuine many-body correlations in quantum systems is central to this aim, while it remains a fundamental challenge for systems lacking individual addressability. We introduce a multidimensional correlation imprinting technique that encodes the structure of a many-body state into the temporal fluctuation spectrum of a local quantum probe. This allows direct measurement of arbitrary-order correlations in nonequilibrium quantum states. Using a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond coupled to a ^{13}C nuclear spin bath, we experimentally reconstruct many-body correlation landscape to third order. Furthermore, by analyzing the spectral structure of correlation cumulants, we directly visualize the dynamics of quantum entanglement. Our Letter establishes a general approach to probing complex nonequilibrium phenomena and entanglement in quantum many-body systems at the nanoscale.
Authors
- Fazhan Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-5566)
- Xing Rong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8788-0896)
- T.Y. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7926-2717)
- Wentao Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-2576)
- Ping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2863-7348)
- Ya Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6232-7234)
- Mengqi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-0464)
- Yuhang Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-0458)
- Bo Chong
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/zfk1-7t4d
- Primary Topic
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00