Deterministic Bethe state preparation

Abstract

We present an explicit quantum circuit that prepares an arbitrary $U(1)$-eigenstate on a quantum computer, including the exact eigenstates of the spin-$1/2 XXZ$ quantum spin chain with either open or closed boundary conditions. The algorithm is deterministic, does not require ancillary qubits, and does not require QR decompositions. The circuit prepares such an $L$-qubit state with $M$ down-spins using $\binom{L}{M}-1$ multi-controlled rotation gates and $2M(L-M)$ CNOT-gates.