Strong Zero Modes in Supersymmetry-Inspired Quantum Circuits
arXiv:2607.11483
The paper studies quantum circuits built from supersymmetric S‑matrix gates and shows they host strong zero modes that can either stay localized at the boundaries or propagate ballistically, exploring their use for quantum information transport and robustness to noise.
Abstract
We investigate discrete dynamics in quantum circuits with gates corresponding to the S-matrix of a supersymmetric 1+1D quantum field theory. We show that for a brick-wall configuration such circuits support both localized and delocalized dynamically conserved operators known as strong zero modes (SZM), the number of which depends on the parameter regime. We demonstrate that, while some of the SZM remain localized at boundaries, other SZM propagate ballistically, guided by a choice of circuit parameters. Such propagation can be explained by a strong Dzyaloshinskii Moriya term appearing in the dynamics. We describe how to exploit propagating SZM for quantum information transport and discuss the robustness to various types of noise.