Inferring Quantum Network Topology using Local Measurements
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| author | Chen, Daniel T. Doolittle, Brian Larson, Jeffrey M. Saleem, Zain H. Chitambar, Eric |
| author_facet | Chen, Daniel T. Doolittle, Brian Larson, Jeffrey M. Saleem, Zain H. Chitambar, Eric |
| contents | Statistical correlations that can be generated across the nodes in a quantum network depend crucially on its topology. However, this topological information might not be known a priori, or it may need to be verified. In this paper, we propose an efficient protocol for distinguishing and inferring the topology of a quantum network. We leverage entropic quantities -- namely, the von Neumann entropy and the measured mutual information -- as well as measurement covariance to uniquely characterize the topology. We show that the entropic quantities are sufficient to distinguish two networks that prepare GHZ states. Moreover, if qubit measurements are available, both entropic quantities and covariance can be used to infer the network topology without state-preparation assumptions. We show that the protocol can be entirely robust to noise and can be implemented via quantum variational optimization. Numerical experiments on both classical simulators and quantum hardware show that covariance is generally more reliable for accurately and efficiently inferring the topology, whereas entropy-based methods are often better at identifying the absence of entanglement in the low-shot regime. |
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| spellingShingle | Inferring Quantum Network Topology using Local Measurements Chen, Daniel T. Doolittle, Brian Larson, Jeffrey M. Saleem, Zain H. Chitambar, Eric Quantum Physics Statistical correlations that can be generated across the nodes in a quantum network depend crucially on its topology. However, this topological information might not be known a priori, or it may need to be verified. In this paper, we propose an efficient protocol for distinguishing and inferring the topology of a quantum network. We leverage entropic quantities -- namely, the von Neumann entropy and the measured mutual information -- as well as measurement covariance to uniquely characterize the topology. We show that the entropic quantities are sufficient to distinguish two networks that prepare GHZ states. Moreover, if qubit measurements are available, both entropic quantities and covariance can be used to infer the network topology without state-preparation assumptions. We show that the protocol can be entirely robust to noise and can be implemented via quantum variational optimization. Numerical experiments on both classical simulators and quantum hardware show that covariance is generally more reliable for accurately and efficiently inferring the topology, whereas entropy-based methods are often better at identifying the absence of entanglement in the low-shot regime. |
| title | Inferring Quantum Network Topology using Local Measurements |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07987 |