Topological Quantum Metrology: Measuring Entanglement Topology via Persistent Homology with Quadratic Scaling

13 October 2025, Version 1
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Abstract

We introduce τ_topo — a topological quantum metric derived from persistent homology of entanglement morphism graphs — that quantifies global entanglement structure invariant under local unitaries and scalable to N-qubit systems with O(N²) measurement complexity. Unlike bipartite entropy, τ_topo captures higher-order connectivity via β₁-barcode length in Rips filtrations of Pauli-weighted state distributions.

Keywords

topological quantum metrology
scalable tomography
quantum error correction
persistent homology
entanglement topology

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Comment number 1, Карина Естерекова: Nov 22, 2025, 22:34

Impressive work! The approach provides a practical tool for analyzing entanglement across multi-qubit systems.