Experimental quantum Hamiltonian identification from measurement time traces

Identifying Hamiltonian of a quantum system is of vital importance for quantum information processing. In this article, we realized and benchmarked a quantum Hamiltonian identification algorithm recently proposed （Zhang and Sarovar, 2014）. we realized the algorithm on a liquid nuclear magnetic resonance quantum information processor using two types of working media with different forms of Hamiltonian. Our experiment realized the quantum identification algorithm based on free induction decay signals. We also showed how to process data obtained in a practical experiment. We studied the influence of decoherence by numerical simulations. Our experiments and simulations demonstrate that the algorithm is effective and robust.