
3
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
Eigenspectrum Approximation
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
A=
k
X
n=0
↵n n(5)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
CGradient-descent optimization
quantum
skyrmion
classical
skyrmion
N = 2 N = 3 N = 7
N = 20
Anderson towers
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson towers of
states in the case of the skyrmionic problem. (A) (B) Evo-
lution of 19-site plaquette magnetization calculated for the
reconstructed wave function corresponding to the classical
skyrmion with di↵erent number of eigenstates of the parent
spin Hamiltonian.
As it can be seen from Fig.1, the ground state of the
quantum Hamiltonian Eq.2 is characterized by the uni-
form magnetization. Expectedly, the first approximation
of the classical system shows initial trends toward tradi-
tional skyrmionic profile and symmetry breaking. Such
an approximation is formed with the ground state and
6-fold degenerated first excited state. Further extension
of the set of the excited states used to reconstruct | cl
ski
increase the fidelity between target wave function and its
approximation. For N= 20 the fidelity value reaches
95%.
We would like to stress that this magnetization analysis
is the first stage on the way to a complete charaterization
of the transition from quantum skyrmion wave function
to symmetry-broken classical skyrmion state, which will
include the calculation of the scalar chirality operator
expectation values and scanning its distribution over the
system in question. Another quantity of our special in-
terest in this study is the entanglement entropy that is
undergoing drastical changes during the the reconstruc-
tion of the classical skyrmion state with zero entropy
from the wave functions with maximal entanglements.
Methodologically, the construction of the Anderson tower
of states is a kind of optimization problem aiming to de-
fine a superposition of the quantum eigenstates that has
a maximal fidelity with the coherent wave function rep-
resenting given classical state. Thus we will first discuss
a gradient-descent method we developed to perform such
an optimization.
Random-phase gradient descent approach
Scalar Chirality. As it was shown in Ref.3 the only
physical quantity allows one to unambiguously identify
the quantum skyrmion state on the lattice is quantum
chirality, the following correlation function
Q
ijk =1
⇡hˆ
Si·[ˆ
Sj⇥ˆ
Sk]i,(3)
i,j, and kdepict three di↵erent spins that form an el-
ementary plaquette. The total chirality is defined as a
sum of local chiralities of individual plaquettes, Q =
PhijkiQ
ijk. In the case of the DMI Hamiltonian defined
classical
skyrmion
scalar chirality density
quantum
skyrmion
FIG. 2. Triangle-resolved density of the scalar chirality
Q
ijk calculated for real quantum skyrmion state (left plaque-
tte), coherent state with classical profile of the magnetization
(right plaquette) and for quantum states being di↵erent ap-
proximations of the classical skyrmion within the Anderson
tower approach.
on the infinite lattice that can be simulated with a super-
cell with periodic boundary conditions, all the triangular
plaquettes produce the same contribution to the total
chirality. In this sense the distribution of the chirality
is uniform and similar to the distribution of the mag-
netization over the system. In the case of the classical
skyrmionic structures the situation is opposite.
Entropy
ˆ
H n=En n(4)
0
1
2
N
A=
k
X
n=0
↵n n(5)
h A| Ti=0.95 (6)
@ A
@↵n
(7)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
3
0
1
2
N
k= 100
A=
k
X
n=0
↵n n(5)
h A| Ti=0.95 (6)
@ A
@↵n
(7)
F=|h A| Ti|(8)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
3
0
1
2
N
k=1
A=
k
X
n=0
↵n n(5)
h A| Ti=0.95 (6)
@ A
@↵n
(7)
F=|h A| Ti|(8)
F⇡0 (9)
F⇡1 (10)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
3
0
1
2
N
k=1
A=
k
X
n=0
↵n n(5)
h A| Ti=0.95 (6)
@ A
@↵n
(7)
F=|h A| Ti|(8)
F⇡0 (9)
F⇡1 (10)
1M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and
Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2P. W. Anderson, An Approximate Quantum Theory of the
Antiferromagnetic Ground State, Physical Review 86, 694
(1952).
3O. M. Sotnikov, V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois, F. Mila,
M. I. Katsnelson, and E. A. Stepanov, Phys. Rev. B 103,
L060404 (2021).
4R.A. Istomin, A.S. Moskvin, Overlap integral for quantum
skyrmions, Pis’ma v ZhETF 71, 487 (2000).
5A.M. Perelomov, Generalized coherent states and their ap-
plications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
6E.A. Stepanov, S.A. Nikolaev, C. Dutreix, M.I. Kat-
snelson and V.V. Mazurenko, Heisenberg-exchange-free
nanoskyrmion mosaic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31
17LT01 (2019).
7D. I. Badrtdinov, S. A. Nikolaev, M. I. Katsnelson, and V.
V. Mazurenko, Spin-orbit coupling and magnetic interac-
tions in Si(111):C,Si,Sn,Pb, Phys. Rev. B 94, 224418 (2016).
8I. A. Iakovlev, O. M. Sotnikov, and V. V. Mazurenko,
Bimeron nanoconfined design, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184415
(2018).
9
FIG. 1. Protocol for constructing Anderson’s towers of states. (A) For the given Hamiltonian one calculates a set of low-lying
eigenstates. (B) On the basis of the calculated eigenstates, an initial approximation of the target state is prepared. The
complex coefficients αnare chosen to be random. (C) The coefficients are optimized within a gradient-descent approach aiming
to maximize the fidelity between approximation and target wave functions. Nis the corresponding number of energy levels.
classical magnetic moments of a quantum system ob-
served in real or numerical experiments: θi= arccoshmz
ii
and φi= arctan hmy
ii
hmx
ii.
In order to construct the Anderson tower for a
quantum system we follow the key steps visualized in
Fig. 1 A-C. First, we perform the exact diagonalization
of a quantum Hamiltonian and determine its eigenstates
Ψn(Fig. 1 A). We consider only the low-lying part of the
eigenspectrum n∈[0, k] and introduce the initial approx-
imation for the target wave function ΨAwith random
complex coefficients αn(Fig. 1 B). Further, these coef-
ficients are varied using the gradient-descent method to
get the maximal fidelity between ΨAand ΨT(Fig. 1 C).
Here, as for any optimization procedure, the choice of
the loss function that is responsible for the quality of the
resulting approximation and convergence speed plays a
central role. In this work it is given by the following
expression:
E(α)=1− |hΨT|ΨA(α)i|.(2)
The coefficients are updated as
αnew =αold −γ∂E
∂αold
,(3)
where γis the gradient-descent step that is taken to be
1. This choice for the loss function can be justified by
the fact that the fidelity is a standard metric to define
the distance between the two quantum states51.
An important property of the proposed numerical
scheme for constructing TOS is that we can quantita-
tively control the quality of the approximation for ΨA
with the parameter kthat truncates the eigenspectrum.
It is worth noting that in previous works the construction
of the Anderson TOS for antiferromagnets was mainly
based on a symmetry-based selection of the low-lying
states of the eigenspectrum in order to find a signature
of a symmetry-broken state that can be the ground state
of the system in the thermodynamic limit52. Such a
symmetry-based realization of the Anderson idea limits
its possible applications and does not provide quantita-
tive information on the contribution of a particular eigen-
state to the TOS, which, as we show below, can be done
with our protocol. In addition, in our approach the loss
function (2) can be replaced by another form with milder
conditions, which might be useful in the case where the
precise form of the target state ΨTis unknown.
Skyrmionic tower of states
The implementation of the proposed protocol in the
case of magnetic skyrmions requires a specific choice of
spin Hamiltonian. While various microscopic mecha-
nisms for stabilizing skyrmion structures can be consid-
ered in the quantum case41–46, we focus on the most tra-
ditional one which is based on the competition between
the isotropic and the anisotropic exchange interactions
in the presence of an external magnetic field. The cor-
responding quantum Hamiltonian on a two-dimensional
lattice is given by:
ˆ
Hsk =X
ij
Jij ˆ
Si·ˆ
Sj+X
ij
Dij [ˆ
Si׈
Sj] + X
i
Bˆ
Sz
i.(4)
Here, Jij is the isotropic Heisenberg exchange interac-
tion. Dij is an in-plane vector that points in the direction
perpendicular to the bond between neighboring iand j
lattice sites and describes the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya in-
teraction (DMI). Bis an external uniform magnetic field
applied along the zdirection. In the following, for con-
structing the skyrmionic towers, we use the parameters
J= 0.5, |D|= 1 and B= 0.44, which guarantee the
stabilization of the quantum skyrmion wave function as
the quantum ground state47.
In this work we are interested in exploring the proper-
ties of the eigenspectrum, thus the exact diagonalization
of the constructed Hamiltonian is performed. Following
Ref. [47], a 19-site supercell with periodic boundary con-
ditions on the triangular lattice is considered. The cor-
responding technical details are described in the Meth-
ods section. The low-energy part of the eigenspectrum
is presented in Fig. 2 A and is characterized by a size-
able gap between the first 19 eigenstates and the rest of
the spectrum. The dependence of the gap on the value
of the magnetic field is discussed in the Methods sec-
tion. As we will show below, the states at the bottom of